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LIST OF ANIMALS, BIRDS, &c., OF HEREFORDSHIRE. 



R. M. LINGWOOD. 



The names are according to L. Jenyns in his Manual of British Vertebrata. 



MAMMALIA. 

 Males taxus Badger. 



Mustela foina Marten-cat. 



Rare. Moccas. 



— ■ — putorius Pole-cat. 



vulgaris Weasel. 



erminea Stoat. 



In white winter garb, Feb., 184c, at Mordiford. Ditto, 1855, at Llanwarne. 

 Lutra vulgaris Otter. 



Canis vulpes Fox. 



Talpa europaea Mole. 



Sorex araneus Shrew. 



fodiens Water Shrew. 



Mordiford and Lyston. 

 Erinaceus europteus Hedgehog. 



Rhinolophus Hepposideros Lesser horse-shoe Bat. 



Over kitchens at Sufton Oun. 

 Vespertilio noctula Noctule. 



Forty-seven individuals found in hole in ash-tree, at Sufton Court. 



pepistrellus Pepistrelle. 



Caught on the wing, December, 1S39. 



auritus Greater long-eared Bat. 



Sciurus vulgaris Squirrel. 



Myoxus avellanarius Dormouse. 



Mus sylvaticus Field Mouse. 



musculus House Mouse. 



decumanus Brown Rat. 



Avvicola amphibia Water Rat. 



agrestis Field Vole. 



Exceedingly numerous in the summer of 1839, more than 200 being caught in making hay on 

 25 acres. 



riparia Bank Vole. 



Two specimens only have come into my hands. 



Lepus timidus Hare. 



May 27 1839. My keeper drew my attention to a hare carrying something in her mouth, she 

 passed about four yards from us in the open field, and we distinctly saw she had a leveret, 

 a few days old, in her mouth. 



Lepus cuniculus Rabbit. 



Black and yellow varieties occasionally. 



