124 bibliography: mammalia, 1886 and 1887. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 



The Habits of the Greater Horse-Shoe Bat [with incidental mention that 



six species of Bats have occurred in Cumberland, of which Barbastellus — 



obtained at Carlisle by T. C. Heysham, and now in F. Bond's collection — 



is the most interesting]. Nat., Nov. 1886, p. 337. 



H. A. Macpherson and W. Duckworth. Cumberland, Westmorland. 



Zoological Record for Cumberland, 1886 [including detailed notes on the 

 occurrence of a colony of Vespertilio nattereri at Castletown, the establish- 

 ment of a few Roe Deer (Capreolus capred) at Wigton, mortality among the 

 Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) of Martindale, occurrences of the Pine Marten 

 {Maries sylvestris), and, at Thirlmere, of the Badger (Meles taxus), and notes 

 upon the Cumbrian Bats, viz. — V. nattereri, V. mystacinus, V. daubentonii, 

 Plecotus, Barbastellus, and 1'esperugo pipistrellus]. Trans. Cumb. and 

 Westm. Assoc, part xii (1886-87, P«b. 1887), pp. 43-45. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 



The Roe-deer [Capreolus caprtea] in Cumberland [a limited number 

 established near Wigton (not Netherby) in the north of the county; editor 

 of Zoologist adds that the species was abundant in Cumberland in the reign 

 of Charles I., when thirty-one of them were transported from Naworth 

 Woods to Wimbledon Park ; an account is given at pp. 47-48 of Harting's 

 ' Essays on Sport and Natural History']. Cumb. Assoc. Trans., 1887, p. 44; 

 reprinted in Zool., Oct. 1887, p. 382. 



R. Morton Middleton, Jun. Durham. 



Black Rat [Mus rattus] at West Hartlepool [March 9th, 1885, in a ship-yard]. 

 Nat., May 1885, p. 228. 



F. O. Morris. ?York S.E. 



Circular Notes . . . No. 1.— The Rook and the Fox [( Vulpes vulgaris); 

 anecdote of fox mobbed by rooks — presumably at Nunburnholme]. Land 

 and Water, April 17th, 1886, p. 374. 



C. T. Musson. Notts. 



Mussels Eaten by Animals and Birds [at various places in Notts ; attributed 

 to Rats or Water-Voles, species not stated]. Nat., March 1885, p. 181. 



T. H. Nelson. Durham, York N.E. 



Effects of Heavy Snow upon Grouse [and upon Hares {Lepus timidus) in 

 Lower Teesdale]. Zool., March 1886, x. 108. 



T. H. Nelson. York N.E. 



Badgers [Meles taxits] in North Yorkshire [several were turned out on the 

 Hutton Hall Estate near Guisborough a few years ago ; possibly some 

 recorded captures may have been herefrom]. Nat., May 1886, p. 143. 

 T. H. Nelson. Durham. 



Otters [Lutra vulgaris] in Durham [on the Wear and its tributary the 

 Bedburn in 1884]. Nat., June 1886, p. 173. 

 T. H. Nelson. Durham. 



Noctule [Vesperugo noctuld\ in Durham [near Bishop Auckland in 1885]. 

 Nat., June 1886, p. 173. 

 T. H. Nelson. York N.E. 



Badgers [Meles taxus] in North Yorkshire [four captured at Ingleby, Cleve- 

 land, May 1886]. Nat., Aug. 1886, p. 238. 

 T. H. Nelson. Cheviotland. 



A Naturalist's Ramble on the Fame Islands [with passing references to 

 Phoca vitulina and Lepus eunieulus], Nat., April 1887, pp. 1 16-128. 

 T. H. Nelson. Cheviotland. 



A Visit to Chillingham Park [and a full account of the famous White Cattle 

 there, with woodcut ; the park also contains Red and Fallow Deer ( Cervus 

 tlaphtts and C. dama)]. Nat., Aug. 1887, pp. 229-234. 



Naturalist, 



