THE ZooLocist—Fesruary, 1876. 4793 
ft. in. ft. in, 
Length of head - - - - 42 Thigh = = E 5 2 52 
Rs body - - - = 8 , Tarannes:- - - - - 54 
tail - : - - 1 14 Fore leg from elbow - - - 54 
Total length = - - - - 38 2 Tarsus : - - - - 34 
Greatest breadth of head - - 4  Mystachial bristles (the longest) 33 
Length of ear - - 2 Upper canine tooth - : : $ 
Width ofear - - : E Q1 
The greatest length of body in the wild cat, the stronger and differently 
shaped canine teeth (grooved, too), the more pointed nose and bushy tail, prove 
it to be a distinct species. The spine being so much longer than that of the 
domestic cat, may there not be a greater number of vertebre? Mr. Hargitt 
has two other specimens in his collection, and had a fourth (now in the 
possession of Mr. J. E. Harting), all from the same locality—H. Hadfield; 
Ventnor, Isle of Wight, December 10, 1875. 
‘A Catalogue of the Birds of Northumberland and Durham, by John 
Hancock.—I quite overlooked the critical notices of Mr. Hancock’s work by 
Mr. Doubleday (Zool. S.S. 4429). Iam very glad that attention has been 
drawn to it, and I will offer a few remarks as a pendant :— 
Sparrowhawk.—If the late Mr. Doubleday had seen the sparrowhawk, of 
which a figure is given—as I have often done—he would never have hazarded 
the opinion that it was merely “in the adult plumage of the male.” It is a 
variety, and one of the most curious varieties ever shot. In the ‘ Ibis’ for 
1859 (p. 479) it is suggested that it comes very near to Accipiter rufiventris, 
and it is possible, though not probable, that it may be of that species. 
Linnet.— With reference to the plumage of the common linnet, see a note 
or two in the ‘ Field’ newspaper of November last. 
Our Wagtails.— Under this heading Mr. Doubleday says that if the yellow 
and grayheaded wagtails are not distinct he does not know what constitutes 
aspecies. Everyone must agree with him here. I am at a loss to under- 
stand how the naturalists of Newcastle can consider the yellow wagtail to 
be a race of the grayheaded. This may be the key to the asserted nidification 
of the latter in three or four instances, which has been already mentioned 
in the ‘ Zoologist,’ and is again reiterated. Mr. Hancock says two of the 
young and a fine adult female of the grayheaded wagtail were presented to 
him (i. c., p. 60), but I should like to know who could distinguish the female 
from the female of the yellow wagtail, still less the young. It appears to 
me that they are so much alike that it is impossible—J. H. Gurney, jun. ; 
Northrepps Hall, Norwich. 
Erratum.—In the ‘ Zoologist,’ S. 8. 2718, second line from the bottom, 
for “ Larus marinus ?” read L. fuscus, Linn.—J. H. G., jun. 
