CONTENTS OF PART XIII. 



RODENTIA (Rodents)— 



Leporidce (Hares and Rabbits) — 

 Genus Lepus — 

 Group Lepus — 



FADE 



The Mountain or Blue Hare . . . -313 



The Irish Hare ...... 325 



Simplicidentata ....... 348 



Muscardinida — 



Dormice ....... 348 



Genus Muscardinus . . . . . -351 



The Dormouse or Sleeper .... 353 



TAe English local names have been revised in part by Mr W. W. Skeat, 

 M.A. {assisted by the late Professor W. W. Skeat), and in part by 

 Mr C. M. Drennan, M.A. Lond., late Scholar Emm. Coll. Camb. ; 

 the Celtic and Gaelic names by Dr E. S. Quiggin, M.A., Ph.D., 

 Fellow and Lecturer in Modern Languages and Celtic of Gonville 

 and Caius College, Cambridge ; while a list of Scottish Gaelic 

 names have been supplied by Mr C. H. Alston. Valuable 

 assistance has been rendered by Mr M. A. C. Hinton regarding 

 extinct Mammals. Mttch information has been taken from Mr 

 G. S. Miller's recently published "Catalogue of the Mammals of 

 Western Europe" for the use of the MS. and proofs of which 

 before publication T am greatly indebted to the Trustees of the 

 British Museum. 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



Full- PAGE {Black and White). 



Tracks of Hedgehog and Irish Hare. 



The Dormouse — Left Ear, Hand, and Foot ; Side View of Tail. 



Figures in Text. 



Right Ramus of Mandible of — (i) Lepus hibernicus ; (2) L. {Eulagos) 

 europceus ; {^) L. timidus scoticus ; (4) Oryctolagus cuniculus. 



Diagram of Spoor of Iri.sh Hare. 



Skull of Muscardinus avellanarius. 



Cheek-Teeth of Muscardinus avellanarius. 



