298 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



MAMMALIA. 



A white Roe. — For the last six years a normally coloured Roe has 

 regularly produced white fawns, which unfortunately have always reverted 

 to the ordinary colouring within two years. At present a two-year old white 

 doe, which survived the hard winter of 1887-88 has hrought forth a white 

 fawn, which was found yesterday (June 1st) to be strong and healthy. — 

 Hermann Scheinpflug (Frauenhain, near Dresden). 



[Except in the case of the serai-domesticated Fallow-deer, albinism 

 amongst the Cervidm is of rare occurrence. A white Roe is preserved in 

 the collection of the Margrave of Baden at Zwingenburg Castle, and 

 another procured at Luss, on Loch Lomond, was preserved for the late 

 Sir James Colquhoun. — Ed.] 



Bank Vole in Surrey and Yorkshire. — The Editor, at the conclusion 

 of his excellent paper on the Bank Vole, Arvicola glareolus, asked for 

 information as to its distribution. I am surprised that no one seems to 

 have observed the Bank Vole in Surrey, or if they have, they have failed to 

 report it. Up to eight or nine years ago I had resided for many years in 

 Surrey, and have since visited this my native county for three or four weeks 

 yearly. I first became acquainted with this Vole about twelve years ago 

 when at school at Guildford. In the course of our day and half-day 

 holidays we did not leave a foot of ground unexplored for a radius of fifteen 

 miles around Guildford. During one of these rambles I and other school- 

 fellows found the Bank Vole and Dormouse fairly common near Puttenham 

 Caves, near Guildford. I have also found it in two or three woods near 

 Westcott, where I resided. In Yorkshire I have several times met with 

 this Vole in the woods at Ripley. During the summer of last year I found 

 a dead specimen there. It has also been seen in other localities near 

 here. — F. R. Fitzgerald (Secretary, Naturalist Society, Harrogate). 



BIRDS. 



Pallas's Sand Grouse in North Yorkshire.— According to the infor- 

 mation I have been able to gather, it appears that Sand Grouse, Syrrhaptes 

 paradoxus, were seen here in the second week of May ; the exact date 

 I could not ascertain. A flock of six was first noticed at the Tees-mouth, 

 and frequently observed until June ; most probably all these birds perished, 

 as several were found dead on the neighbouring salt-marshes ; the tail and 

 a foot of one were brought to me on June 12th. On May 22nd a female, 

 in good condition, was picked up on the sands between Redcar and Marske, 

 the ovary containing eggs the size of No. 1 shot. About the same date 

 another was washed up by the tide ; I saw the remains of this bird as 

 late as June 28th. On June 7th five were shot from a large flock near 

 Marske ; I had an opportunity of examining them shortly afterwards, and 



