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Tail (with- | Hind foot Ear f 2 
Head and out pain (without | (greatest Palehe eg 
Me hairs). claws). length). 8 
SPECIMENS FROM REIGATE, SURREY (continued). 
SexvaLLy Mature MaLEs:— 
1 5 5 . 5 . o . 96 48 16°5 ll 22 
2. . . . = ° . . 95 46 16 10°65 21 
3. - . 5 5 . ° . 88 42 16 10 18 
4. . 5 . 5 . ° 5 100 47 16 11 20 
5. 5 4 . 5 . 3 5 95 47 16 11 19 
6. A - 0 5 5 é ° 88 48 15°5 12 20 
i. a 5 5 B . - 5 97 50 15 12 23°65 
8. . . 5 ° . 5 ° 85 46 16 1l 16°5 
9. 5 + 5 5 5 . Fi 92 48 16 1l 22°5 
10. a 5 90 47 16 11 17 
11. 5 . . 90 40 15 10 16 
ie ¢ 5 5 : . 5 . 5 88 41 17 11 17 
Us . 3 5 . . . 5 a 92 43 16 11 19°5 
Tae 2 = 6 5 3 5 Q 5 89 45 17 10 16 
Wh 5 4 . A 5 3 5 . 5 93 47 17 12 17 
Gi. = = 5 . 5 5 . . 90 47 17 11 19 
irs 5 5 5 5 4 2 5 5 88 50 17 1L 17 
Usb 4 5 5 : 6 5 . é O 86 55 17 11 18 
ah ci - 5 Fy . . oar .c 88 43 16 10 16 
VALE. A -, . 5 . 3 ° S Fi 90 45 17 11 17 
Average. - 5 5 3 z S 2 91 46°2 16°2 1l 18°6 
| (early) 
Average \or 36, from various localities, 98 43 16°25 11 
Maximum 1 British Museum 104 55 1s 12 
SEXUALLY Mature FEMALES :— 
Ds 3 ° . 5 5 . 5 95 45 16 12 21°5 
De 5 . 5 . s . . 95 49 16 11°5 21 
3. G 5 Q 5 5 * 105 45 16 13 23 
aire . . < 5 5 . ci 100 52 16 1l 23 
5. . . . 100 51 17 115 21 
6. 5 © ; 5 97 55 15°5 12 23 
if . . . 6 86 40 17 1l 17 
See - c 5 . . . . 93 46 16 11 175 
(Bee C . . . . . ° . 90 41 16 12 22 
OS . 5 . 5 . : . 7 90 47 16 11 18 
whe 5 . = ° . 5 5 . 103 63 16°5 13 26 
Loe & ° = . - 5 . 5 94 51 16 11 20 
Use S 5 5 5 : . D c ° 85 43 16 11 16 
14... . . 5 5 : 5 . . 86 49 17 12 17 
Loi. : : * < c 5 5 . 84 44 17 12 145 
UK AG 5 5 6 ° . 5 2 . 93 49 17 11°5 21 
WG 5 ° . . . 5 . . . 90 46 17 11 16 
1B. A ; . 5 ° 5 . . 96 565 17 12 22 
19. . 5 . 5 . 5 . . 89 46 16 11°65 20 
20:7. 5 5 a . 5 . 5 . 81 44 16 11 17 
Average. -. Rg. caf amoae Ine 5 92°6 47-5 16:3 116 19°8 
J las, 4 “95 
Average \ of 88, from various localities, f 98 he 16:25 11 
Maximum in British Museum 5 1 7 * 51 is 13 






* One, Kent, 114 (converted from inches ; see Grabham, Zoologist, 1896, 497). 
Remarks.—Adams finds young in the nurseries until their external 
dimensions reach about 65-33-15; they then run about and may be 
trapped, so they are presumably about fourteen days old (see Roberts's 
observations below on p. 417). Many remain sexually immature until 
the head and body reach 85; Adams examined one breeding female 
