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case of the lizard, must be of use to the rodent when pursued 

 bj shepherds' dogs, birds of prey, or other enemies, though, 

 unlike the lizard, it is unable to repeat the manoeuvre. 



These mice were caught alive in traps baited witii bread 

 by villagers, who said they were very scarce, though there 

 appeared to be no difSculfy in getting as many as I required. 

 They also told me that their holes are very deep and that 

 tliey are never found iu houses, though said to haunt the 

 " mandras " (caves and shelters for goats) in the hills. 



They were all caught iu the Kerynia Hills, not far from 

 the village of Dikouio. This portion of tlie south side of the 

 range, whicli is composed of a grey limestone, is extremely 

 barren, strewn with stones fallen from the rocks and cliffs, 

 and sparsely clothed with low and generally thorny plants. 

 The undulating ground and plain lying below are for the 

 greater part of the year arid and practically destitute of 

 vegetation. Remains of this mouse were iound in the earth 

 of a cave in the same locality. I never met with or heard of 

 it in other parts of the island, though probably it occurs at 

 any rate over the whole of the Mesoroea, or central plain, and 

 the southern slopes of the Kerynia Hills. 



LXXVIII. — Notes on the Natural History of East Finmark. 

 By Canon A. M. Norman, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 F.L.S. 



[Continued from p. 173.] 

 [Plate XIII.] 



POLYZOA. 



I HAVE in the following paper on Polyzoa extended the scope 

 of the subject beyond the limit of East Finmarkian specieSj 

 in order to introduce matter relating to classification and 

 observations on some Arctic and other species. The species 

 which have been found in East Finmark have been numbered, 

 and such species as have no pretixed number will be under- 

 stood not to have connexion with the fauna of that district. 



Herr F. A. Smitt, in 1865-74, published his ' Kritisk 

 Forteckning ofver Skandinaviens Hafs bryozoer.^ This 

 work contained an admirable series of illustrations of Scan- 

 dinavian and Arctic Polyzoa. The figures, though small,, 

 were excellent, and they have been and must continue to be 



