APPENDIX F.—PLANTS AND ANIMALS OF FORFAR. 233 
Of the order Fere, we have the following: 
Phoca nese ek common 
ere 
ba hat brea | a 
Mustela tra co 
er: is Het un- 
Frenieg on the 
banks of some of 
»  foina; common 
rtin 
the Wood-hill of 
Glammis in the 
year 1808 
»  putorius; foumart, 
t 
repre vt 
but 
of Brechin; this 
as upwards of 
thir rty years ago 
Mustela vulgaris ; com 
un 
Ursus meles; the badger, or 
Brock, is rather © 
in Aneee aS 
Talpa Peat ip 
mole. I Hive ae 
a a beautiful icbaed 
of ap i 
Erinaceus Se pee ; 
hedgehog. This 
Of the Order Ghres, we have the fonoweae 
Mus rattus ; _the cane rat. 
Thi is i s the 
becoming scarcer, as 
the iesiens rat has 
nearly extirpated it 
in many parts of the 
islan 
», decumanus; brown rat, 
or Norway rat. 
Common in the 
seen a ‘variety of this 
of a pure white 
colour 
i" sylvatics; field mouse. 
ee 7 — water rat; 
siecatie ; short a _ at 
field mouse. I hav 
seen this species mi 
my garden in Forfar: 
the female seem very 
much attached to her 
young, and will brave 
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