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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  trip 
  to 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Continent 
  by 
  bringing 
  home 
  unblown 
  eggs, 
  

   and 
  disposing 
  of 
  them 
  as 
  " 
  British."' 
  The 
  same 
  thing 
  applies 
  to 
  

   birds. 
  By 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  a 
  distinguished 
  Norwegian 
  naturalist 
  we 
  

   have 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Eagle-Owl, 
  Snowy 
  Owl, 
  Gos-Hawk, 
  Golden 
  

   Eagle, 
  and 
  Gyr-Falcon, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  flesh, 
  skinned, 
  

   and 
  mounted 
  here. 
  One 
  Snowy 
  Owl 
  in 
  particular 
  arrived 
  by 
  post 
  in 
  

   such 
  splendid 
  condition 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  kdlod 
  in 
  this 
  county, 
  

   and 
  its 
  total 
  cost 
  to 
  me, 
  including 
  postage, 
  was 
  well 
  under 
  half-a- 
  

   sovereign 
  ! 
  Perhaps 
  in 
  one 
  case 
  a 
  careful 
  post-mortem 
  might 
  have 
  de- 
  

   tected 
  an 
  attempted 
  fraud, 
  as 
  a 
  Snowy 
  Owl 
  I 
  set 
  up 
  had 
  its 
  stomach 
  

   full 
  of 
  fresh 
  Lemmings, 
  but 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  absolutely 
  impossible 
  to 
  say 
  

   whether 
  an 
  unblown 
  clutch 
  of 
  White-tailed 
  Eagle 
  had 
  or 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  

   laid 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Islands. 
  The 
  market 
  value 
  of 
  an 
  admittedly 
  foreign 
  

   pair 
  of 
  eggs 
  is 
  about 
  seven 
  shillings, 
  while 
  a 
  " 
  British 
  " 
  set 
  still 
  unblown 
  

   would 
  find 
  purchasers 
  at 
  twelve 
  or 
  twenty 
  times 
  that 
  amount. 
  A 
  

   reference 
  to 
  last 
  year's 
  » 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  (p. 
  228) 
  will 
  show 
  the 
  exorbitant 
  

   prices 
  paid 
  for 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  some 
  other 
  species. 
  — 
  Julian 
  G. 
  Tuck 
  

   (Tostock 
  Rectory, 
  Bury 
  St. 
  Edmunds, 
  Suffolk). 
  

  

  AMPHIBIA. 
  

  

  Occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  Edible 
  Frog 
  (Rana 
  esculenta, 
  forma 
  typica) 
  in 
  

   Surrey. 
  — 
  During 
  last 
  August 
  I 
  was 
  surprised 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  small 
  pond 
  at 
  

   Ockham 
  alive 
  with 
  the 
  above 
  species. 
  Not 
  knowing 
  before 
  that 
  these 
  

   Frogs 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  county, 
  I 
  caught 
  two 
  (male 
  and 
  female), 
  which 
  I 
  

   took 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Boulenger, 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  and 
  he 
  supplied 
  me 
  

   with 
  the 
  following 
  information 
  of 
  their 
  introduction 
  into 
  Surrey 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Large 
  numbers 
  of 
  Edible 
  Frogs 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  variety 
  (forma 
  typica) 
  

   were 
  turned 
  loose 
  in 
  small 
  ponds 
  near 
  Chilworth 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  St. 
  

   George 
  Mivart, 
  the 
  specimens 
  having 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  him 
  from 
  Brussels 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Boulenger. 
  The 
  following 
  year 
  Dr. 
  Mivart 
  again 
  imported 
  

   large 
  numbers 
  from 
  Berlin, 
  mostly 
  of 
  the 
  variety 
  ridibunda." 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  habitat 
  of 
  this 
  Frog 
  may 
  not 
  perhaps 
  be 
  out 
  

   of 
  place 
  here. 
  They 
  have 
  a 
  wide 
  range, 
  extending 
  over 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  Pala?arctic 
  region, 
  and 
  encroach 
  upon 
  the 
  Ethiopian 
  and 
  

   Oriental 
  regions. 
  It 
  is 
  absent 
  from 
  Ireland, 
  Scotland, 
  Norway, 
  and 
  

   North 
  Russia. 
  In 
  Asia 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  found 
  north 
  of 
  Mongolia, 
  Manchuria, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Central 
  Island 
  of 
  Japan. 
  In 
  the 
  south 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  Madeira, 
  

   the 
  Canary 
  Isles, 
  Morocco, 
  north 
  coast 
  of 
  Egypt, 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  

   Persian 
  Gulf, 
  North 
  Persia, 
  Baluchistan, 
  Turkestan, 
  South 
  China, 
  

   Formosa, 
  Hainan, 
  and 
  Siam. 
  It 
  occurs 
  in 
  few 
  places 
  in 
  England, 
  

   namely, 
  Cambridge 
  in 
  Foulmire 
  Fen, 
  Thetford 
  and 
  Scoulton 
  in 
  

  

  