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of the county. I have now to record the capture in June last of two 

 specimens, male and female. The female was taken on the 6th June, the 

 male on the 7th. I am indebted to Mr. James Gordon, head gamekeeper of 

 the Marquis of Waterford, for the following information. They were taken 

 in rabbit-traps which were set in a large burrow. The female measured 

 27f inches in length, and was much more slender in appearance than the 

 male. On examination she was found to be suckling young. The male 

 was caught in the same burrow : length 30! inches, very much stouter 

 than the female. Mr. Gordon is inclined to think that the young were in 

 the burrow. He has skinned both specimens, and mounted them very 

 fairly. He says they were quite free from any disagreeable smell. The 

 spots on the chest of both are yellow. One curious thing I noticed about 

 these spots in both specimens was that on the right side the line is very 

 irregular. I suppose this is only a peculiarity of these particular specimens. 

 — William W. Fleming (Coolfin, Portlaw, Co. Waterford). 



Albino Weasels. — As the white form of this little animal appears to 

 be somewhat rare, I may state that, besides the one already recorded by me 

 (Zool. 1889, p. 449), I have had the pleasure of inspecting two others, one 

 caught in a trap in January last, and another killed on the 3rd or 4th of 

 July last. The January specimen was a male weighing 5| oz. and measuring 

 10| in. in length, of which the tail was 2£ in. ; its body was of considerable 

 bulk, which may be inferred from the above weight when compared with the 

 measurements. The specimen taken in July weighed only 2 oz. and was 

 only 9 inches long including the tail, which was 2 in. This was a female, 

 and in appearance the sleekest little creature I ever saw, for its snake-like 

 body was hardly thicker than one's finger, and the tiny limbs seemed the 

 perfection of symmetry and form, indicating extreme activity when alive, to 

 which its needle-like teeth must have been a useful adjunct. There was a 

 peculiarity about the tail, caused I suppose by some accident : the middle 

 portion for about half-an-iuch in length was almost bare of hair, but the tip 

 ended in quite a tuft, which looked rather curious. Both specimens were 

 pure white, with pink eyes; the ears, nose, lips, and toes pale flesh-colour. 

 The three specimens I have seen were all taken within a radius often miles, 

 but not very near each other. With regard to the colour of the ordinary 

 Weasel, I have sometimes seen specimens in which the white under parts 

 were much dappled with the colour of the back, but in more than twenty years' 

 experience I do not recollect ever seeing one with any indication of a black 

 tip to the tail.— G. B. Corbtn (Ringwood). 



Bank Vole in Anglesea. — In the second week of July I trapped an 

 adult female of this species in a roadside hedge at Cemmaes, on the 

 north coast of Anglesea. The animal lacked the rich chestnut fur which 

 characterises the Bank Voles here in Cheshire, and in the colour of its upper 



