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Lutra vulgaris. (Otter.) One or two generally frequent the river 

 Lug. 



Canis Vulpes. (Fox.) Common. 



Tnlpa Europcea. (Mole.) Common. 



Sorex Araneus. (Common Shrew.) Common. 



fodiens. (Water Shrew.) Meadows by river Lug. 



Erinaceus Europceus. (Hedgehog.) Not very general. 



Rhinolophus Hipposideros. (Lesser Horse-shoe Bat.) Over the 

 kitchens at Sufton Court. 



Vespertilio Noctula. (Noctule.) Found 47 individuals in a hole 

 in an ash tree. 



Vespertilio Pipistrellus. (Pipistrelle.) 



auritus. (Long- eared Bat.) 



Sciurus vulgaris. (Squirrel.) Very plentiful. 



Myoxus avellanarius. (Dormouse.) Not general. 



Mus sylvaticiis. (Field Mouse.) Common. 



Musculus. (House Mouse.) Common. 



. decumanus. (Brown Rat.) Common. 



Arvicola agrestis. (Field Campagnol.) Very numerous. 



riparia. (Bank Campagnol ?) I am unable to insert this 



species for certainty, as only one specimen has come under my ob- 

 servation, and that in a damaged state. 



amphibia. (Water Rat.) Common. 



Lepus timidus. (Hare.) May 27th 1839. My attention was at- 

 tracted by a hare carrying something in her mouth, and upon con- 

 cealing myself she passed within two or three yards of me, and I di- 

 stinctly saw she was carrying a leveret a week old : her purpose 

 seemed concealment, as she took it into some thick fern, and I saw 

 no more of her. 



Cuniculus. (Rabbit.) Common. A black var. is not uncom- 

 mon, and occasionally a yellow var. is seen. 



AVES. 



Falco Tinnunculus. (Kestrel.) Common. 



Accipiter fringillarius. (Sparrow Hawk.) 



Milvus Ictinus. (Kite ?) Only inserted on the authority of my 

 gamekeeper. 



Buteo vulgaris. (Common Buzzard.) 



Otus Brachyotos. (Short-eared Owl.) A single bird killed Nov. 

 1839. 



Strix flammea. (White Owl.) Common. 



Syrnium Aluco. (Tawny Owl.) 

 Ann. Nat. Hist. VoL 5. No. 30. 3f«y 1840. o 



