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Mus. 



Mus dccumanus, Pall., (Brown or Hanoverian Eat.) Many of these 

 go during the summer months to the streams, where they are 

 mistaken for Voles, than which they are much more numerous. 



Mus rmisculus, Linn., (Domestic or House Mouse.) I have met with 

 a pied variety in the wild state. 



Mus sylvaticus, Linn., (Wood Mouse or Long-tailed Field Mouse.) 

 Very common, and found almost everywhere. I have trapped 

 them with all kinds of bait ; they even used to get into our bird- 

 traps. 

 Aevicola. 



Arvicola amphibius, Desmar, (Water Vole or Water Rat.) Common. 



Arvicola agrestis, Flem., (Field Vole, Campagnol, or Short-tailed 

 Field Mouse.) May often be met with ; it is, however, far from 

 being plentiful. 

 Lepus. 



Lepus timidus, Linn., (Hare,) and 



Lepus cuniculus, Linn., (Rabbit,) of course depend chiefly on the 

 amount of protection afforded them. 



Bodicote, July, 1880. 



MIDLAND UNION OF NATUEAL HISTOKY SOCIETIES. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL PRIZE OFFERED BY THE PRESIDENT. 



The Hon. Secretaries of the Union have issued the following notice 

 to the various Societies in the Union : — 



" The President, Sir Herewald Wake, Bart., has instructed us to 

 announce that, at the next Annual Meeting of the Union, he will give a 

 Prize of Books of the value of £5, for the best Original Essay on the 

 Life History of any one Genus of Insects indigenous to the Midland 

 Counties, written by a member of one of the Societies in the Union. 



" Essays, to be eligible for ' The President's Prize,' must embody 

 the results of original observation, and not be mere compilations. All 

 quotations introduced into them must be clearly marked, and the 

 authorities from whose works they are taken accurately cited, with full 

 references to volume and page. The illustrations and diagrams, if any, 

 need not necessarily be the works of the competitors as to drawing or 

 colouring. Each Essay, written on small quarto paper, on one side of 

 the paper only, must be signed by a uom de plume, and sent, addressed 

 to Sir Herewald Wake, Bart., Courteen Hall, Northampton, not later 

 than the 1st of May, 1881, accompanied by the author's real name and 

 address, in a sealed envelope, with the nom de plume written on the 

 outside. 



" The Essays will be submitted for adjudication to an eminent 

 Naturalist, chosen by the President, and his award will be made known 

 at the next Annual Meeting of the Union. 



" The President will reserve to himself the right to send the Prize 

 Essay for publication in the ' Midland Naturalist.' " 



