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one is the usual number in the case of a young Hare, and two in the case 

 of an old one. — J. C. Mansel-Pleydell (Whatconibe, Blaudford). 



Vespertilio Bechsteinii and V. mystacinus in Hampshire and 

 Staffordshire. — Apropos of the articles on British Bats which have appeared 

 in recent numbers of ' The Zoologist,' I may mention that I took two 

 specimens of V. Bechsteinii, in the New Forest, in July, 1886. They were 

 living in a hole made by a Woodpecker; there were several more of them, 

 probably about a dozen altogether. One of these specimens has recently been 

 inspected by Mr. Oldfield Thomas, and identified by him as V. Bechsteinii. 

 The New Forest seems to be the only English locality for this Bat, and it 

 has not been recorded from there in recent years. A specimen of V. mysta- 

 cinus, now in my possession, was taken in a cave near here in November 

 last. This is only the second specimen recorded from this county. — 

 E. W. H. Blagg (Cheadle, Staffordshire). 



[Two examples of V. Bechsteinii, taken at Preston, near Brighton, are 

 in the possession of Mr. F. Bond. — Ed.] 



The Beaver in Norway. — In a brief account of the Norwegian Fauna, 

 by James Greig (Zoological Curator of the Bergen Museum), published in 

 Giertsen and Halvorsen's 'Norway Illustrated' (4to, Bergen, 1888), it is 

 said of the Beaver that it is now only to be found, in quite a restricted 

 number in Drangedal, in the county of Nedenoes, and also near Kragero. 



Risso's Grampus in the River Crouch. — Mr. J. A. Laver, of Hockley, 

 Essex, informed me a short time ago that about September 5th, 1887, some 

 workmen in his employ discovered a cetacean stranded on the saltings on 

 the north side of the River Crouch, in this county, a few miles above the 

 spot where Rudolph's Rorqual was captured last year, pf which Professor 

 Flower gave a description after its removal to Southend. My informant, 

 although no naturalist, gave so good a description of the animal that I was 

 at once convinced it could be no other than Risso's Grampus, Grampus 

 griseus. He told me that it was cut up and boiled for the sake of the oil, 

 of which it produced a considerable quantity ; that the skull had been 

 roughly split, and the lower jaw containing seven teeth had also been 

 divided. I at once made application for any remaining portions of the 

 skull and other bones. These were accordingly sent me, and have been 

 examined by Prof. Flower, who has confirmed my identification. My 

 informant describes the specimen to have been 10 ft. 10 in. long; pectoral 

 fins about 20 in. long; seven teeth in lower jaw, shutting into sockets in 

 the upper ; back black, with irregular markings (as if from old wounds), 

 lighter below ; forehead rounded, more so than appears in the specimen 

 figured in ' The Field,' March 13th, 1886, which he has since seen. He 

 also says this rounded forehead was as full of a clear white oil as is 

 an orange of juice, enabling him to ladle it out. The rest of the oil 



