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it not to be a native of our island." He ako mentions that 

 at the time of m-iting (1793), the Brown Rat had " destroyed 

 the Common Black Rat in most places." 



" Sm.ill Red Rat of Anglesey." There is a strong 

 probability that this rat is identical Avith the riifous form of 

 E. rattus found on Lundy Island in 1907 by Messrs. CoAvard 

 and Oldham. See Zoologist, 1907. 



25.— BROWiSI, OR CO:\IMON RAT. Epimys norvcgicus 

 Berkcnhout. 



Common throughout the district. 

 See under Puffin. 



26.— COMMON, OR HOUSE MOUSE. Mus musculm 



Limi. 

 Very common. 



HARVEST MOUSE. Micromys minutus Pallas. 

 Reported in various scattered localities, but no certain record. 



2^.— WOOD MOUSE, or LONG-TAILED FIELD MOUSE. 



Apodemus sylvaticus (Linn.). 



Common and generally distributed. 



28.— WATER VOLE, or WATER RAT. Arvkola amphihius 



(Linn.). 



Common by water throughout the district up to a moderate elevation. 



29.— FIELD VOLE, or SHORT-TAILED FIELD MOUSE. 



Microtus hirtus (Bellamy). 



Common throughout the district. 



30.— BANK VOLE, or RED FIELD VOLE. Evoiomya 

 glareolus ( Schrcb . ) . 



Generally distributed. 



In May, 1910, I saw several caught in Mr. L. F. Lort's garden 

 at Menai Britlge, Anglesey, in which the underparts were very 

 dusky, as in those taken round Bangor on the opposite side 

 of the Straits. 



