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Mouse are all well-known, but there is no specimen of the Mus 
Messorius, Harvest Mouse, which is mentioned in Terry’s 
catulogue. The Black Rat is now almost extinct, being replaced 
by the stronger brown Norway Rat ; the specimens of the Black 
Rat in the museum were obtained from old warehouses in Bristol. 
The Water Vole, or Water Rat, and the Field Vole, or Short- 
tailed Field Mouse are common ; but there is no specimen in the 
museum of the Red or Meadow Vole. 
The Hare and Rabbit need no mention. 
AVES. 
The Birds are the largest and perhaps the most interesting 
section. A ten mile radius from Bath embraces a great variety 
of country, including the valley of the Avon, and innumerable 
well-timbered valleys with small streams, open downs, old quarry 
grounds, numberless plantations and much underwood, thus 
affording habitats for a great variety of land birds. But in 
addition to this, from its proximity to the Bristol Channel and 
to the marshes of Somerset, the district receives frequent visits 
from water birds. 
The following table will show the approximate numbers 
compared with other places :— 
LAND. AQUATIC. TOTAL. 
British Birds (Yarrell, 1885) f5ab OOy aeselgOntscon en 
Somersetshire (Cecil Smith) See ALD: et LODE aay Loken 
Wiltshire (A.C. Smith) ...  ... 188 ... 102 ... 235 
Bath (Terry) ... sie ays ators att a0 tier Og 
Bath (Museum)... ee pire POE ie tole gece, eee 
LAND Birps. 1.—RAPTORIAL. 
Besides the Owls, only two species of birds of prey are found 
in the museum, the Kestrel and the Sparrow Hawk, although 
Terry mentions several others, viz.: the Hobby, the Merlin, the 
Goshawk, three Buzzards, the Kite and two Harriers, 
