THE SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE 



it win be sufficient to say here that the common 

 Meadow Vole of England is known scientifically as 

 Microtus agrestis hirtus, and that a larger and darker 

 Vole found in the Highlands of Scotland is called 

 M. agrestis neglectus.) 



Details of looks likely 

 to interest readers of 

 ' Wild Creatures of Garden 

 and Hedgerow' will be 

 found overleaf. 



