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Since the above was written the Summer Time Act has 

 altered clock time, which is no doubt beneficial to the com- 

 munity, but I desire to state that obviously mean solar time 

 must ba used for all scientific observations, so that in this 

 report I shall adhere to mean solar time. 



MAMMALS. 



In the Wool and Wareham districts it has been an 

 extraordinary season for foxes, stoats, and weasels, which is 

 probably owing to there being less hunting and shooting than 

 usual. We have 30 stoats hanging on a tree in one spot at 

 the present time (S.E.V.F.). 



Muslela marles, Linn, Pine Martin. A record of this 

 interesting little animal was sent during the year, but I am 

 regretfully compelled to reject it for want of precision. As the 

 animal has been recorded from Hants fairly recently the 

 record is possibly correct, but as the animal was only seen for 

 quite a short time and is unfamiliar, I should prefer, before 

 admitting a record, to see the skin of a Dorset specimen. 

 (W.P.C.). 



