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Thames, was found by the man who skinned her to contain three young; I 
regret that in this instance, as in two or three others of single cubs being 
picked up, I have no note of the time of year. One of the two Otters now 
in the Zoological Gardens, received in February last, must undoubtedly, I 
think, have been born during the previous autumn. Two female Otters, 
which I have in captivity, come in season pretty nearly every month, and 
would, I believe, pair at almost any time of year, especially perhaps 
November, but unfortunately I cannot get hold of a male; the only indi- 
vidual I ever possessed (the first cub mentioned) died from inflammation of 
the lungs before he was full-grown.—ALrreD Hennacr Cocks (5, Radnor- 
place, Hyde Park, W.). 
HysriD BETWEEN THE Enetish Hare anp THE Scotcn Hare.—At 
arecent meeting of the Glasgow Natural History Society Mr. Lumsden 
exhibited a Hare, hybrid between Lepus timidus and Lepus variabilis, which 
was shot in December last near Dumbarton moor, where blue Hares were 
turned out a few years ago. He remarked that “ the editors of the new 
edition of Bell’s ‘ British Quadrupeds’ do not seem to have been at all sure 
of hares of this description occurring in this country, and state that hybrids 
are reported to be known in Switzerland, but that the statement requires 
further confirmation. It is reported, however, that they are not uncommon 
in some places in Perthshire.” Mr. John Cordeaux, of Great Cotes, Ulceby, 
informs us that when shooting in Perthshire last September, he killed a 
hare which he had no doubt was a cross between Lepus timidus and Lepus 
variabilis. This example, which he compared the same day with pure 
specimens of both species, exhibited very distinctly a mixture of the colours 
of both parents, that of the Common Hare predominating. It differed, 
also, in some respects from the Mountain Hare, being generally larger, with 
larger head, larger ears, and broader forehead. The head keeper on this 
moor, an experienced man, stated that there was no doubt whatever about 
the inter-breeding of the two species, but that the progeny was infertile. 
—Ep. 
A Fresuwater Breepine-Havnt oF tHE Sanpwica Tern.—A correct 
list of the breeding stations of some of our rarer sea-fowl would be both 
interesting and useful to those who are fond of studying the habits of our 
native birds; for in many instances the localities chosen are not those 
where the casual observer might be induced to look for them. Few, 
indeed, would expect to find the Sandwich Tern nesting on a little moor- 
land lough some miles from the sea, and totally unconnected with it; yet 
such was the locality selected by the Sandwich Terns frequenting Killala 
Bay and the estuary of the River Moy. On the 7th of April, 1851, near 
the island of Bartragh, I first became acquainted with this beautiful Tern. 
Having previously resided in the South of Ireland it was quite unknown to 
me, and when the attention of my brother and myself was first attracted by 
