The Mammalian Fauna of the Edinburgh strict. 139 
isolated they may stand. Having been for many years 
intimately connected with farming operations, I have often 
witnessed the havoc they commit in the stackyard, but their 
habits and economy are too well known to justify any 
remarks upon them here. Several specimens of a pale buff 
or cream-coloured variety were obtained for me in April 1890 
by Mr R. S. Anderson of Peebles, from the farm of Lyne, 
where they were then in some abundance. 
It is now impossible to trace the origin of this animal in 
the district. All that can be said is that its first appearance 
must have taken place many centuries ago. 
Mus syxtvaticus Z. Woop or LONG-TAILED FIELD Movwszs. 
This timid but destructive creature is very common 
throughout most parts of the district, ranging from sea-level 
to_a considerable elevation, and inhabiting woods, fields, and 
natural pastures alike. Though thus widely distributed, 
there can be no doubt it occurs in greatest numbers in the 
plains and warmer parts of the valleys, and practically avoids ~ 
the damp upland tracts in which the Field Vole seems to 
delight. In the immediate neighbourhood of Edinburgh, 
where it is very abundant, I have recently trapped numbers 
among the furze bushes on the Braid and Blackford hills,among 
rough grass by the Braid burn, in the woods at Dreghorn, 
and at the foot of the Pentlands near Swanston; and have 
otherwise captured or identified it near Balerno, near Currie, 
at the head of Bonaly glen in the Pentlands, and in the woods 
at Rosslyn, Glencorse, Penicuik, etc. Many specimens have 
also been obtained for me in the garden and grounds at 
Colinton House, and in the woods and cottage gardens in 
Dalmeny Park. In East Lothian, where it is also abundant, 
I have trapped it on Luffness Links near Aberlady, and in the 
woods at Gosford ; while in Fife I caught one at Otterston last 
August, and have lately detected it in the woods at Broomhall 
near Dunfermline, and in the neighbourhood of St Andrews. 
In Peeblesshire I have observed it at Macbiehill and at 
Eshielshope; and Mr J. Thomson tells me it is common at 
Stobo. 
