126 bibliography: mammalia, 1886 and 1887. 



M. M. Simpson. Derbyshire, Cheshire, Lane. S. 



A Sportsman of the Last Century [i.e. Sir Ashton Lever, in whose game 

 accounts for 1751 are mentioned leverets and hares {Lcpus europicus) taken or 

 killed at Mottram, on the Derbyshire side, at Knutsford, in Outerton, and in 

 Alkrington, Tonge, and Foxdenton]. Land and Water, March 6th, 1886, 

 p. 236. 



H. H. Slater. Durham, Northumberland. 



The Bank Vole \Arvicola glareolus] in Durham [and South Northumberland; 



about Durham city — in the writer's school days — the Bank Vole occurred, 



but was decidedly rare as compared with the Field Vole (A. agrestis)]. Zool., 



Dec. 1887, xi. 462-463. 



T. Southwell. Northumberland S., Durham. 



Black Rat [Mus rat/its] at Newcastle [captured July 1884 ; reference made 

 to its known occurrence at Stockton-on-Tees]. Nat., Nov. 1884, p. 88. 



Thos. Southwell and Wm. Eagle Clarke. York S.E., Line. N. 



On the Occurrence of Sowerby's Whale {Mesoplodon bidens) on the 



Yorkshire Coast [just inside Spurn Head, Sep. nth, 1885: the first 



specimen on record for England]. Nat., Dec. 1885, pp. 385-386 ; and Zool., 



Feb. 1886, p. 70. 



Thomas Southwell. Line. N. 



Balaenoptera musculus at Skegness [April 3rd, 1887 ; particulars and 

 description given]. Nat., May 1887, pp. 139-140. 



T. Southwell. Line. N. 



Common Rorqual [fia/u:uoptera musculus] at Skegness [young female 

 stranded, April 3rd; measurements given]. Zool., May 1887, xi. 190-191. 



T. Southwell. Durham, Yorkshire. 



The supposed Serotine in the Newcastle Museum [stating that it is really 

 a Noctule ( Vesperugo noctula), and referring to Mr. Roebuck's Yorkshire 

 experience]. Zool., June 1887, xi. 234. 



R. Standen. Lane. W. 



Badgers \Meles tax us] in North Lancashire [at Whittingham, near Preston, 

 a family captured, May 1884]. Nat., Jan. 1885, p. 128. 



Robert Stan den. Lane. W. 



Former occurrence of Badgers \Mdes taxus] in North Lancashire [mostly 

 antiquarian matter]. Nat., Feb. 1886, p. 36. 



F. V. Starkly. Cheshire. 



Large Otter \Lutra vulgaris] in Cheshire [in the brook at Wrenbury; 

 length 48^ in., weight 30 lb.]. Field, Feb. 20th, 1886, p. 243. 



Thomas Stephenson. York N.E. 



Porpoise \Phocaua communis] near Whitby [caught on a hook, May 24th, 

 1886]. Nat., Sep. 1886, p. 278. 



Thomas Stephenson. York N.E. 



Whitby Notes. — Mammalia [a skull in the Museum is labelled Drfphi>ms 



(Hypt'robdon) bidentatus ; this was stranded at Whitby many years ago ; 



Phocana communis caught at Whitby, 29th September, 1886]. Nat., Nov. 



1886, p. 339. 



William Storey. York Mid W. 



Albino Mole [Talpa enropaa] in Nidderdale [taken at Brimham], Nat., 

 Nov. 1884, p. 88. 



Wm. Storey. York Mid W. 



Capture of a Badger [Meles taxus] in Nidderdale [at Brimham rocks ; the 

 only occurrence in the dale for forty years]. Nat., April 1885, p. 202. 



