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of rats and other vermin, for which good service they deserve to 

 be protected, instead of being shot and trapped at every oppor- 

 tunity. 



The colour of the Mole's fur is subject to some variety, and 

 more frequently than many people seem to suppose. 



Looking through the pages of ' The Zoologist ' for the last 

 twenty years, we find the following varieties reported from 

 time to time: — Light umber-brown (1865, p. 9645); orange 

 (1877, p. 225; 1878, pp. 22, 128); apricot (1822, p. 351); 

 amber-colour (1884, p. 271) ; buff (1885, p. 214) ; cream-colour, 

 1862, p. 7879; 1865, p. 9645 ; 1868, p. 1186; 1869, p. 1926; 

 1871, p. 2782; 1873, p. 8448; 1882, pp. 187, 263) ; and albino 

 (1867, p. 702; 1868, p. 1096). Three albino Moles were cap- 

 tured last year in Nidderdale (' Naturalist,' 1886, p. 36). Pied 

 varieties are the most uncommon of all. A piebald specimen 

 caught near Falmouth, is mentioned by Mr. Cocks, in his account 

 of the Fauna of that district. White, with red throat, and 

 black and white varieties, are noticed by Turton, in the Appendix 

 to his ' British Fauna,' and by Dillwyn, in his ' Fauna of 

 Swansea.' Perhaps the most curious variety yet reported, was 

 one with a white head, the rest of the body being of the ordinary 

 colour. This singular specimen was caught in October, 1880, 

 upon the Dysart estate, belonging to the Earl of Rosslyn, in 

 Fifeshire. 



In the accompanying illustration, Mr. G. E. Lodge, drawing 

 from Nature, has happily caught the attitude of a Mole when 

 brought to bay, with head thrown back and open jaws, 

 " snarling." 



WILD WHITE CATTLE IN SOUTH-WESTERN SCOTLAND. 



By Robert Service. 



The Report on the existing herds of Wild Cattle in the 

 November ' Zoologist,' prompts me to offer the following dis- 

 jointed remarks on three of the herds of the same breed, 

 formerly existing in South-western Scotland. The latest sur- 

 viving herd was the one kept in Cally Deer Park, in Kirkcud- 

 brightshire. I have no precise information as to its number, 



