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Rodentia. 



1. Sciurus vulgaris. Squirrel. Abundant. The 

 prettiest and most playful animal we have. 



1. Myoxus avellanarius. Dormouse. Common. It 

 sleeps all through the winter. 



1. Mus minutus. Harvest Mouse. Common. 



2. M. sylvaticus. Long-tail Field Mouse. Common. 



3. M. musculus. Common Mouse. Abundant. 



4. M. decumanus. Brown Rat. Abundant. 



1. Arvicola amphibius. Water Rat. Abundant. 



2. A. agrestis. Common Field Mouse. Common. 



3. A. glareolus. Bed Field Mouse. Common. 



1. Lepus timidus. Hare. Abundant formerly, but 



rare of late years. 



2. L. cuniculus. Rabbit. Abundant. Black varieties 



have occasionally been met with. 



Ruminantla. 



1. Cervus capreolus. Roe Deer. Rare, but more 

 common in the Middlemarsh Woods. It used 

 -wsed- formerly to be hunted with greyhounds. 



CLASS II. AVES. 



Of the three hundred and seventy-six birds which 

 have been observed in the British Isles, thirty-four 

 belong to the order Raptores ; one hundred and forty- 

 two to Insessores ; seventeen to Rasores ; seventy- 



