CONTENTS. 



The Common Otter. PAQB 



Lutra vulgaris. Plate XV 174 



The Common Fox. 



Vulpes vulgaris. Plate XVI. ... 1^2 



The Wild Cat. 



Feliscatis. Plate XVII. .... 188 



THE SEALS v 196 



The Common Seal. 



Phoca vitulina. Plate XVIII 199 



The Greenland or Harp Seal. 



Phoca Grcenlandica. Plate XIX. ... 209 

 The Great Seal. 



Phoca barbata ... . 2 M 



The Grey Seal. 



Phoca gryphus ...... 214 



The Walrus. 



Trichechus Rosmarus. Plate XX. . . . '219 



RODENTIA OR GNAWING QUADRUPEDS . . . 225 



The Red or Common Squirrel. 



Sciurus vulgaris. Plate XXI 229 



The Dormouse. 



Myoxus avellanarius. Plate XXII. 234 



The Black Rat. 



Mus rattus. Plate XXIII * 238 



The Brown Rat. 



Mus dtcumanus. Plate XXIV. ... 243 

 The Domestic Mouse. 



Mus musculus. Plate XXV 250 



The Wood Mouse or Long-tailed Field Mouse. 



Mus sylvaticus. Plate XXVI 254 



The Harvest Mouse. 



Mus messorius. Plate XXVII. . . . 257 



The Water Vole or Water Rat. 



Arvicola amphibius. Plate XX VI II. . . 260 



