131 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



MAMMALIA. 



The Wapiti in Europe. — Near Luckenwald a wealthy Berlin manu- 

 facturer owns an important shooting, whereon the Wapiti, Cervus canadensis, 

 has been acclimatised, and between Jan. 20, 1889, and Jan. 20, 1890, 

 seven of these animals were shot there, one of them having a head of 

 fourteen points. Whether the difficulty of stalking them is as great as is 

 the case in the wilds of North America may well be doubted. 



Wolves and Bears in France.— On certain estates in the Department 

 of the Marne, poison is used for destroying Wolves, and in this way 

 sixteen of these animals have been killed during the present winter, the 

 last of which weighed over 70 lbs. The Bear is still at home in the 

 mountains of Isere, bordering on Savoy, and has lately made its appearance 

 in the forests of Haut-Diois, in the Department de la Drome. Bear drives 

 have been organised, but so far without success. 



The Wild Cat in Hungary.— It is said that the Wild Cat, Fells catus, 

 is not uncommon in some of the forests of Austria. During the past 

 shooting season no less than twelve were killed on the property of Count 

 Franz Szechenyi, at Tarnocz. 



Marten in North Wales. — A correspondent, writing to the Editor of 

 ' Shooting,' reports that in February last two Martens were trapped on 

 Lord Penrhyn's moors, by Conway Lake. They were said to be male and 

 female, and both fine animals of the average size. 



A Trap for Field Mice.— On March 7th I discovered a curious mouse- 

 trap, which had caused the death of eight Field Mice. It was nothing 

 more nor less than an old tin can, which was standing against the wall in 

 a field, and contained the bodies of eight mice. They had evidently run 

 along the wall, and, while investigating the mysteries of the old tin pot, 

 had fallen in, and as it contained about four inches of water, and was itself 

 about eighteen inches deep, it was of course impossible for them to get out 

 again, consequently they fell victims to their own curiosity ; at least this 

 is the only way I can account for their being there. — R. Fortune 

 (Harrogate). 



Polecat in Cornwall. — I beg to record the capture, in Upton Wood, 

 Lewanick, East Cornwall, of a male Polecat, an animal which I believed 

 to be nearly extinct in the South of England. It was formerly very plen- 

 tiful here, but I have not seen one for twenty-five years. The measurement 

 and weight of the one just obtained are;— Length, from nose to tip of 



