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color, V. Kuhli and P. auritus. Among the shrews of the country are 

 fc. araneus, S. leucodon, S. fodiens and S. alpinus (the latter a large 

 dark-coloured species, hitherto only found on some of the higher 

 Alps) ; the specimens of S. vulgaris (our common shrew) are labelled 

 as being from Sweden and the Volga. Among the voles there is a 

 large species with a very short tail, named " Hyp. terrestris ;" Dr. Gray 

 gives M. terrestris, Erx.," as a synonym of Arvicola arvalis (List. Mam. 

 Brit.Mus.p.118), but the present example is nearly as large as 

 A amphibia*. Of the last-named species there is a specimen of 

 the black variety and also an unusually large example of the bank 

 vole. r 



/J" ™«ck ForesL-I will now note a few facts as to the Zoology 

 of the Schwartzwald or Black Forest and the adjoining country, com- 

 Dining with these a ^v observations made there six years ago. 



Of the quadrupeds I cannot say much. The pine marten and beech 

 marten occur and the badger is common, as are also the smaller 

 Mustehdae. The otter is found in most of the rivers, and the wolf still 

 lingers in the inner recesses of the great mountain mass of which the 

 bchwartzwald forms part: only two winters ago a pair of them took 

 up their abode not far from Heidelberg, and wrought not a little 

 mischief among the flocks and herds before they were captured; 

 they aie , however, almost exterminated in this part of Germany, but 

 are said to be more abundant in some of the forests near the Rhine 

 Ihe fox is extremely plentiful in all the hilly forests, and appears to 

 be more familiar than it is with us : one evening, when driving through 

 one of the val eys near Freiburg, a fox emerged from the wood within 

 thirty yards of us, and stood composedly watching us pass, switching 

 his brush from side to side with the greatest unconcern. In Germany! 

 where the fox is considered fair game for the gunner, the skin is 

 always preserved for the market, and the jagers divide them into three 

 varieties the "kohl-fuchs" or black, the "silber-fucbs" or white, and 

 the roth-fucbs or red fox, according to the predominant tint of the 

 mixed hairs of the coat: of these the «kohl-fuchs" is the rarest and 

 inost valuable, while the « roth-fuchs - is the commonest. The roe- 

 deer ,s even more plentiful in the sunny beech woods of the plains 

 than in the sombre fir forests of the mountains : in the Mooswald, near 

 Freiburg, about two hundred head were killed last season : I have 

 already made some remarks on the habits and distribution of this 

 species (Zool. S. S. 778). The red deer is still found in some parts 

 of the Schwartzwald and Odenwald, but in many districts it is now 



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