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Polecat (Mustela putorius) — " Turon." 



Otteb (Lutra vulgaris) — " Nutra," or " Nutria." 



Badgeb (Meles taxus) — " Tejon." 



All these are common in Andalucia, and generally throughout 

 Spain. Though so strictly nocturnal in its habits, we have 

 occasionally found the badger above-ground by day, in our 

 tatidas in the Coto Doiiana, &c, and have dug out a brood of 

 young as early as January 29th. 



Weasel (Mustela vulgaris). 



Spanish : Comadreja, Bojizo. 



Not observed in Andalucia, but common in Provincia de 

 Madrid, Old Castile ; in the Sierra de G-uadarrama, and in 

 Estremadura and Arragon. 



Mongoose (Herpestes widdringtoni.) 



Spanish : Melon. 



Common in the southern provinces,- and as far north as the 

 Sierra de Credos (Old Castile). Ichneumons feed largely on 

 snakes and other reptiles. They seldom offer a shot in the 

 open, clinging tenaciously to the thickest covert, and are more 

 often taken alive — either dug out of their burrows or caught 

 by the dogs — than shot. 



Among minor quadrupeds may be mentioned the hedgehog 

 (Erizo), the mole (Topo), the shrew (Musarana), squirrel 

 , (Ardilla), water-rat (Rata de agua), with the usual family- 

 group of rats and mice. One particularly interesting species, 

 the trumpeter water-shrew (My gale pyrenaica), is found in the 

 rivers of Guipiizcoa, Navarre, and, fide our friend Manuel de la 

 Torre, in the Eio de Piedra, Provincia de Zaragoza. 



The dormouse (Liron), and fat dormouse (Liron eampestre), 

 are both common in Andalucia. 



The Spanish hare (Lepus mediterraneus) , and rabbit require 

 no further remark . 



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