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Polecat (Mustela j^tdorius) — " Turon." 

 Otter (Lutra vulgaris) — " Nutra" or " Nutria." 

 Badger (Meles taxiis) — " Tejon." 



All these are common in Andalucia, and generally throughout 

 Spain. Though so strictly nocturnal in its habits, we have 

 occasionally found the badger above-ground by day, in our 

 hatidas in the Goto Dofiana, &c., and have dug out a brood of 

 young as early as January 29th. 



Weasel {Mustela vulgaris). 



Spanish : Coniadreja, Eojizo. 



Not observed in Andalucia, but common in Provincia de 

 Madrid, Old Castile ; in the Sierra de Guadarrama, and in 

 Estremadura and Arragon. 



Mongoose (Herpestes ividdringtoni.) 



Spanish : Melon. 



Common in the southern provinces, and as far north as the 

 Sierra de Gredos (Old Castile). Ichneumons feed largely on 

 snakes and other reptiles. They seldom offer a shot in the 

 open, clinging tenaciously to the thickest covert, and are more 

 often taken alive — either dug out of their burrows or caught 

 by the dogs — than shot. 



Among minor cjuadrupeds may be mentioned the hedgehog 

 (Erizo), the mole (Tojjo), the shrew (Musarana), squirrel 

 {Ardilla), water-rat {Rata de agua), with the usual family- 

 group of rats and mice. One particularly interesting species, 

 the trumpeter water-shrew (Mygale pijrenaica), is found in the 

 rivers of Gruipuzcoa, Navarre, and, fide our friend Manuel de la 

 Torre, in the Rio de Piedra, Provincia de Zaragoza. 



The dormouse (Liro7i), and fat dormouse (Liron campestre) , 

 are both common in Andalucia. 



The Spanish hai'e {Lepus tnediterranetis') , and rabbit require 

 no further remark . 



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