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tending to assume the short squarish form characteristic of 

 true agrestis ; upper parts noticeably tinged with russet, and 

 belly heavily washed with wood-brown. 



Colour. — General effect of upper 

 parts a tawny russet very indistinctly 

 "lined" with black, the individual 

 hairs slate-black basally, the light 

 portion closely approaching orange- ' 

 buff, though not so bright ; sides paler 

 and with a noticeable buffy tinge ; 

 underparts light ochraceous-buff irre- 

 gularly darkened by the slaty bases of 

 the hairs ; feet and under surface of 

 tail concolor with belly ; upper sur- 

 face of tail dark brown. 



Measurements. — Average and ex- 

 tremes of five adults from the New 

 fig. 132. Forest, Hampshire : head and body, 



Microtus agrestis hirtus. Nat. size, Ho *4 (1U9— llo) ; tail, oD'2 (oo— 39) ; 



hind foot, 17-3 (16-6-18); ear, 

 12-2 (11-13). Average and extremes of five adults from Graf- 

 tonbury, Hereford : head and body, 113-2 (108-120) ; tail, 31-5 

 (29-33); hind foot, 16-7 (16-18). Average and extremes of 

 four adults from Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire : head and body, 

 110 (108-112); tail, 29-2 (27-32); hind foot, 16-5 (16-18). 

 For cranial measurements see Table, p. 678. 



Specimens examined. — One hundred and thirty-four, from the following 

 localities : — 



Scotland : Windygates, Fife, 4 ; Stockbriggs, Lanarkshire, 2 ; Black- 

 wood, Lanark, 7 ; Crieff, Perthshire, 1 ; Drumlaurig Woods, Dumfries, 1 ; 

 Kirtle Bridge, Dumfries, i ; Wyseby, Dumfries, 3 ; Hawick, Roxburgh- 

 shire, 1. 



England : Marsham, Yorkshire, 1 ; Dunham Park, Bowdon, Cheshire, 1 ; 

 Longendale East, Cheshire, 1 ; Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 19 ; Grainsby Hall, 

 Lincolnshire, 5 ; Cheadle, Staffordshire, 1 ; Anglesey, Carnarvonshire, 1 ; 

 St. Bride's, Pembrokeshire, 1 ; Sandringham, Norfolk, 1 ; Methwold Fen, 

 Norfolk, 3 ; Lowestoft, Suffolk, 1 ; Rugby, Warwickshire, 1 ; Lilford, 

 Northamptonshire, 3 ; Oundle, Northamptonshire, 3 ; Shelford, Cambridge- 

 shire, 1 ; Cambridgeshire, no exact locality, 2 ; Graftonbury, Hereford- 

 shire, 17; Boxmoor, Hertfordshire, 1; Hampton, Middlesex, 2 ; Godalming, 

 Surrey, 1 ; Earlsfield, Surrey, 7 ; Southerndown, near Bridgend, Glamorgan- 

 shire, 1 ; New Forest, Hampshire, 20 ; Eversley, Hampshire, 1 ; St. Helens, 

 Isle of Wight, 2; Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, 2; Bonchurch, Isle of 

 Wight, 1 ; St. Leonards, Sussex, 1. 



Miss D. Bate (c & p). 11. 1. 3. 267-269. 



2 S, 9. Wyseby, Dumfriesshire, 

 Scotland. 



1. Drumlaurig, Dumfries- 

 shire. 



9. Crieff, Perthshire. 



ij, cj juv. Stockbriggs, Lanarkshire. 

 9. Hawick, Roxburghshire. 

 9 imm. St. Brides, Pembroke- 

 (albino) shire, W a l es : 



Sir W. Jardine (c). 86. 7. 2. 11. 



W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 



(c & p). 

 E. R. Alston (c & p). 

 J. E. Harting (c & p). 

 Hon. 0. Edwards 



(o & p), 



88. 5. 30. 1. 



79. 9. 25. 54-55. 

 11. 1. 3. 289. 

 90. 12. 5. 2. 



