ON THE BANK VOLE. 368 



In the Appendix on the Fauna of Banffshire, which is given 

 at the end of Smiles's ' Life of a Scotch Naturalist ' (Thomas 

 Edward), the Bank Vole is apparently included under the name 

 Arvicola inatensis, for it is described as resembling Arvicola 

 agrestis, the Short-tailed Field Mouse, in appearance and habits, 

 but "recognisable by its much longer tail" (p. 393). This 

 Appendix, as we learn from the Preface (p. vii) was prepared by 

 Edward himself, and it is to be regretted that he has given no 

 further details concerning this little animal, so as to place the 

 fact of its occurrence in Banffshire beyond all doubt. 



In Messrs. Alston and Harvie Brown's Account of the 

 Mammals of Sutherlandshire (Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, 

 1875) we find the statement (p. 145), that this Bank Vole has 

 " not hitherto been recorded from Sutherland, but from what we 

 have observed of its distribution in other parts of Scotland we 

 think that it will probably be found in some districts. It seems 

 to be a widely-spread but rather local species." 



In Mr. Lumsden's Catalogue of the Mammals of the neigh- 

 bourhood of Loch Lomond (Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, 

 1877) the Bank Vole is included provisionally on the ground 

 that a specimen was procured by Dr. Dewar on the shores of 

 Loch Katrine. 



Crossing the Scottish border we find the occurrence of the 

 Bank Vole in Northumberland vouched for by Messrs. Mennell 

 and Perkins in their Catalogue of the Mammalia of that county 

 (Trans. Tyneside Nat. Field Club, vol. vi. 1864) on the strength 

 of specimens obtained by Selby at Twizel (Mag. Zool. and Bot. 

 ii. 93, 1838), and by Dr. Johnston, of Berwick (Proc. Berwick 

 Nat. Field Club, i. p. 24). 



In Cumberland, according to the Rev. H. A. Macpherson, it 

 is probably thinly distributed, but has hitherto been detected in 

 only two localities in that county, namely, at King Moor, Carlisle, 

 and on the arable area bordering the English Solway at Allonby. 

 near Maryport. It was from the latter place in the spring of the 

 present year, that, thanks to Mr. Macpherson, the specimen 

 was forwarded which now forms the subject of the accompanying 

 plate. 



In Durham it does not appear to have been noticed by any 

 author treating of the fauna of that county, but, inasmuch as it 

 is known to occur in counties to the north and south of this. 



