APPENDIX. 



SINCE this Work went to press, I have been made 

 acquainted with two recent additions to the British 

 Fauna, too late for inserting them in their proper 

 places. One of these belongs to the Class MAM- 

 MALTA, the other to the Class AVES. 



GEN. LUTRA. Page 13. 



9*. L. Roensis, Ogilby. (Irish Otter.) 

 L. Roensis, Ogilby in Proceed, of Zool Soc, (1834.) p. 111. 



By the above name, Mr. Ogilby has designated, provisionally, a species 

 of Otter found in Ireland, chiefly along the coast of the county of Antrim, 

 which he is disposed to regard as distinct from the Common Otter 

 (L. vulgaris) of England. The difference is said to consist in the 

 intensity of its colouring, which approaches nearly to black both on the 

 upper and under surface; in the less extent of the pale colour beneath the 

 throat ; in the relative size of the ears, and in the proportions of other 

 parts. Mr. Ogilby adds that it is further distinguished by the pecu- 

 liarity of its habitation and manners. " It is, in fact, to a considerable 

 extent a marine animal*, living in hollows and caverns formed by the 

 scattered masses of the basaltic columns on the coast of Antrim, and 

 constantly betaking itself to the sea when alarmed or hunted. It feeds 

 chiefly on the Salmon." No detailed description of it has been yet 

 published. 



* Possibly this species may be the Sea Otter, which, according to Pennant, was noticed by 

 Sir Robert Sibbald. See Brit. ZooL vol. i. p. 95. 



