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In conclusion, it may be stated that a detailed description of 

 the Booth Museum and its contents, by the Editor of this 

 journal, was published in 'The Field' of the 16th Sept. 1876, 

 when the Museum was first thrown open to the public. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



MAMMALIA. 



Alleged antipathy of Cattle to Deer. — In the Report on the Chil- 

 lingham cattle, read at the meeting of the British Association in 1887 

 (Zool. 1887, p. 405), is the following statement, which is surely an error : — 

 " The cattle live on good terms with the Red-deer, but they will not 

 tolerate Fallow-deer or Sheep in the park." On the 13th September last, 

 when at Chillingham, I watched a small party of Fallow-deer for some 

 time, as they fed on the hill-side with five of the white cattle ; and the 

 keeper, Michie, assured me that both Red- and Fallow-deer live in perfect 

 harmony with them, and, if in any way alarmed or disturbed, generally 

 seek safety in their compauy. — Chas. Oldham (Ashton-on-Mersey). 



[In Mr. Assheton Smith's park at Vaynol, near Bangor, where we have 

 just spent three weeks, white cattle and Red- and Fallow-deer roam together, 

 and no such hostility as that above referred to has ever been noticed. — Ed.] 



English Deer Parks. — I feel that your readers will be interested to 

 learn that I am getting on fairly well with my projected book on this 

 subject ; but several owners of parks, who have had my circular sent to 

 them to fill up, have not as yet returned it. May I venture to ask them, 

 through the medium of ' The Zoologist,' to be good enough to do so 

 as soon as possible ? If the papers are returned quickly, I think the book 

 might be out in the spring ; but of course I have to rely entirely on the 

 kindness of the owners of parks. — J. Whitaker (Rainworth, Notts). 



Hedgehog V. Rat. — A friend residing in the North of Ireland wrote 

 to inform me that her garden was over-run by Rats, and that her gardener 

 assured her that if she could procure and turn down some Hedgehogs in 

 the said garden the Rats would disappear. I accordingly sent her two or 

 three of our native Hedgehogs, and in reply to my enquiries concerning 

 the success of the experiment, lately received a letter from the lady 

 above referred to, of which letter I copy the last sentences : — " As far as 

 I can remember, the Hedgehogs were introduced into this garden in March 

 last, and remained alive for six months. In about a fortnight from the 

 time that they were put in, I had nothing eaten by Rats, and, in fact, never 

 saw one. The garden is about two acres and a half in extent. The 



