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MAMMALIA NOTES FOR 1901. 



By T. Ashton Lofthouse. 



March.— Badg-eP ( Meles taxus)—I>mmg this month a 

 mature specimen and three young ones were destroyed in Kildale 

 Woods. 



Apeil. — Mole (Taipei eurnpceaj. — A cream coloured one was 

 taken by a mole catcher at Easby-in-Clevolancl. 



June. — Hedgfe Hog" (Erinaeeus eurcpceus). — When going 

 one of my rounds examining "sugar" patches for moths, a 

 hedge hog was attracted by the Acetylene light, and came running 

 towards it at Kildale. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM CLEVELAND AND 

 SOUTH DURHAM IN 1901. 



By C. Milburn. 



Unless otherwise stated, the following were noted on my 

 rambles in search of birds in Cleveland and South Durham during 

 1901. 



Stonechat {Pratincola rubicola).— The pair, which in 1900 

 reared young near Pinchingthorpe, did not return to the breeding 

 place in 1901, although I visited the place frequently during the 

 nesting season. An immature bird was picked up in Woodland 

 Street, Stockton, on September 9th, which had struck the wires 

 during its migration, as my friend Mr. Lindsay informs me. An 

 immigrant was obtained at Tees-mouth on October 13th. 



Hedge Sparrow {Accentor modularis). — The small colony of 

 hedge sparrows, which frequent the slag banks and piled-up stacks 

 of pig iron at Connal's Wharf, nested successfully', and in June I 

 saw several young hopping about the slags. Two nests found 

 were placed in crevices between the "pigs," and another was 

 situated in a hole of the slag. 



Nuthatch [Sitta ccesia). — Although occurring rarely in 

 Cleveland, the nuthatch is supposed to be unknown as a S.E. 

 Durham bird of late years, but a pair, if not two, of this species 

 breed in the neighbourhood of Wynyard. 



