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Chas. Oldham. Lane. S. 



Freshwater Shells Eaten by Rats [(supposed to be Mus decumanus) at 

 Birch, near Manchester]. Nat., July 1885, p. 274. 



J. Parker. Derbyshire. 



Strength of the Mole [( Talpa europira) ; in the writer's house-cellar (at The 



Cross, Repton) the tiles were thrown up in one corner, and by the side was 



a mound of earth ; a trap was set, and a mole of extraordinary size caught]. 



Field, Dec. 6th, 1884, p. 77 1. 



Rn. Paver-Crow. York Mid W. 



Large [i2rr oz.] Stoat [Mustela erntined] near Boroughbridge. Nat., April 

 1886, p. 113. 



A. E. Pease. York N.E. 



The Cleveland Hounds as a Trencher-Fed Pack [a book published by 

 Longmans; see Review in Field, Jan. 15th, 1887, pp. 68-69]. 



T. N. Postlethwaite. Cumberland. 



Deep drop for a Weasel [(Mustela vulgaris) ; one jumped 30 or 40 feet into 

 water, and then swam across ; Cumberland]. Nat., Jan. 1885, p. 128. 



A. W. Price. Northumberland S. 



Squirrel [Sciurus vulgaris] attacked by a Small Bird [at Riding Mill on Tyne]. 

 Nat., April 1885, p. 202. 



T. Mei.i.ard Reade. Lane. S. 



An Ingenious Rat [Hftts decumanus] 's Nest [in Dale Street, Liverpool ; 

 description given]. Nat., Jan. 1887, p. 21. 



George Roberts. York S.W., York Mid W., York N.W., York N.E. 

 Records of Captures of Badgers [Mela taxus] in Yorkshire [a synoptic list 

 of twelve recorded instances, with references]. Nat., Feb. 1886, p. 36. 



George Roberts. York S.W., York N.W., York Mid W., York N.E. 

 Additional [six] Records of Captures of the Badger [Meles taxus) in 

 Yorkshire [synoptically given, with references]. Nat., March 1886, p. 67. 



John E. Robson. Durham. 



Variety of the Common Hare [(Lepus timidus) ; shot in Castle Eden Dene ; 

 light silver-grey]. Young Nat., Nov. 1886, vii. 234. 



W. Denison Roebuck. Durham. 



The Noctule Bat [Vesperugo ttoctuld] in Co. Durham [a specimen in the 



Newcastle Museum, taken 1836, near Cleadon, is labelled 'Yespertilio 

 serotinus']. Nat., April 1885, p. 202. 



Wm. Denison Roebuck. Cheshire. 



Whiskered Bat [Vespertilio mystacinus] in Cheshire [found at Femilee 

 (misprinted Fermlee) near Whaley Bridge, by C. Oldham, 30th May, 1885]. 

 Nat., April 1886, p. 113. 



Wm. Denison Roebuck. Durham. 



Noctule [Vesperugo uoctu/a] in County Durham [newspaper paragraph as to 

 its occurrence in Winston Lane near Barnard Castle]. Nat., April 1886, 

 p. 113. 



York Mid W. 

 W. Denison Roebuck, W. Eagle Clarke, and William Storey. 



Upper Nidderdale and its Fauna. . . . Mammals [an annotated list 

 of 30 species]. Nat., July 1S86, pp. 195-197. 



H. Hardey Simpson. Cheshire. 



Weasels [Mustela vulgaris] preying upon Moles [(Talpa europ,ea) near 

 Bowdon]. Field, May 1st, 1S86, p. 570. 



April 1889. 



