558 MURIDAZ—MICROMYS 
is certainly not to be found anywhere near Bridgnorth. It is recorded 
from Staffordshire by Garner and Masefield, and Gloucestershire by 
Knapp and Mitchell (in Harting). From Devonshire it is recorded by 
Montagu, Rowe (who states it to be not common), Bellamy, Parfitt (in 
Millais), and Donovan (who had a specimen). In Cornwall one was 
caught by E. H. Rodd, 20th February (Zoologist, 1857, 5592); it was 
stated by Couch, i, 3, to be common, and was well known to 
C. W. Peach (zé7d., 5664); J. Clark (Zoologis¢, 1908, 416) describes it as 
very common locally about Penzance, Falmouth, and in the middle of 
the county, but as scarce or very local on the north coast. In 
Somerset, Charbonnier describes it as local, decidedly scarce in the 
winter, but fairly common a few miles from Yeovil; in the Bristol 
district it is rare and local. From North Wales, Forrest has no certain 
record, but he has received reports from Carnarvonshire and other 
localities (orth Wales, 49); Phillips describes it as very rare indeed in 
Brecon, and Coward makes no mention of it in his list (zz /¢.) from 
Anglesey. It is sparingly present in Lancashire and Cheshire, accord- 
ing to T. A. Coward, who mentions (Zoologist, 1895, 175 ; 1896, 16) a 
nest from Southport in the Museum of Owens College, Manchester, 
1864; in the former county many were found by the reapers near 
Garstang, in September 1843, and sometimes the nest and young were 
accidentally bound up in the sheaves without discovery or injury 
(M. Saul, Zoo/ogis¢, 1843, 349); in the latter county it is now very rare, 
and has not been noticed in recent years (Coward). In the Lake 
District it is so rare that Macpherson knew of only two instances, 
namely, a nest taken many years ago at Blackwell, and a specimen 
captured at Silloth by J. H. Doeg in 1888; Macpherson (Vzc. Co. Hzst.) 
describes it as rare in Cumberland, but mentions specimens captured in 
isolated instances in the north. There is a vague record of it from 
Derbyshire (Jourdain). In Yorkshire it is very irregularly and thinly 
distributed (Clarke and Roebuck; copied by later writers); in Nidder- 
dale, George Charlton said he saw it nesting in a cornfield—but no 
specimens were seen by authors; and Oxley Grabham (zz /7¢.) writes 
that though he will not “go so far as to say it never has been taken in 
the county, the few .records are so unsatisfactory that he holds it 
non-proven at present.” J. T. Sewell (zz #7.) claims to have found the 
nest near Helmsley, Yorkshire. It is recorded from a few localities in 
Northumberland and Durham (Mennell and Perkins, 1864, 171); it 
was taken by William Backhouse, at St John’s, Weardale, 800 feet 
above the sea (Trans. Tyneside Nat. Field Club, iv., 94; for Durham, 
see also Vic. Co. Hest.). 
The species thus seems to be much rarer in the north of England 
than in the south. It undoubtedly has occurred and probably still 
occurs in Scotland, but it must be very local and cannot be anywhere 
