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being noted. In 1879 Mr. P. D. Maloch, of Perth, received ‘‘ two 
or three” Wild Cats from Sutherland. Mr. T. E. Buckley 
informs me that in 1878 he got three cats, “ which we took to be 
crosses between a Wild and a house cat, but the old ones were 
never caught, though one left its foot in a trap.” 
Caithness.—From Caithness I have no positive information, 
and I should be glad to have a correspondent in that county. 
From what has been said, however, by Mr. A. H. Cocks, in the 
introductory portion of this account, it would seem probable that 
the Wild Cat is restricted in its range to the parts of the county 
bordering upon Sutherlandshire. 
In conclusion, I may observe that the above notes cannot 
be held to exhaust the subject—far from it. Every day up to 
publication brings in fresh data and new facts, tending to render 
the account of the species still more complete. Such notes 
I carefully preserve for further use, and I need not say any 
additions that your readers can make to the records will be very 
acceptable. 
OCCASIONAL NOTES. 
Ture Braver 1x Nprway.—We learn from ‘ Nature’ (Noy. 25th) that 
much interest has been excited in Norway by the recent appearance of a 
colony of Beavers on the Voldifjord, a branch of the Frierfjord, which is at 
a considerable distance from the Beaver-station still remaining at Omli on 
Nedenes. 
Wuitre-BEAKED DontpHin x THE FirrH or Forru.—At the last 
meeting of the Glasgow Natural History Society, held November 30th, a 
paper was read by Mr. John M. Campbell on the occurrence of the White- 
beaked Dolphin, Delphinus albirostris, near the Bell Rock, in the Firth of 
Forth, in September last. The writer stated that although many of the 
rarer Cetaceans frequent our coasts, yet the imperfect knowledge we have 
of their habits, the difficulty of capture, and the nature of the element in 
which they live, all militate against the rapid accumulation of facts relative 
to their occurrence. The species in question, although recorded as British 
in 1846, has not yet been added to the Scottish fauna. Mr. E. R. Alston, in 
his list of the ‘Mammalia of Scotland,’ published by the Society last year, 
says :—‘ The White-beaked Dolphin is another species whose appearance in 
Scottish waters is to be expected, as it seems to visit the Feroes, and the 
east coast of England, but as yet its actual occurrence does not seem to have 
