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authorised persons who entirely ignore the rights of meum and 

 tuum, and disregard the law of trespass. The eggs, also, of 

 Woodcock, Snipe, and wild ducks of various kinds, are valued 

 for the sake of the broods they may produce, to the advantage of 

 wild-fowl shooters, and to the augmentation of good and market- 

 able food. 



It is not unreasonable that some check should be imposed 

 upon the indiscriminate collection of such eggs as these ; and 

 provided that those who may have to apply to the County Council 

 for an order, should the Bill pass, will exercise discretion and 

 moderation in their demands, the result to all concerned should 

 be distinctly beneficial. 



A CATALOGUE OF LOCAL LISTS OF BRITISH MAMMALS, 

 REPTILES, & FISHES, ARRANGED UNDER COUNTIES. 



By Miller Christy, F.L.S. 



In July, 1890, I contributed to the ' Zoologist ' (3rd series, 

 vol. xiv, pp. 247 — 267) "A Catalogue of Local Lists of British 

 Birds," which (to judge from the amount of correspondence I have 

 received upon the subject) appears to have been deemed of 

 interest and value by other ornithologists. I have, therefore, 

 been led to compile similar catalogues relating to Mammals, 

 Reptiles, and Fishes, although the compilation of such catalogues 

 involves an amount of personal trouble and research of which 

 those who have not undertaken such work can have no concep- 

 tion. The present catalogues complete the Vertebrate Fauna 

 of Britain. For convenience, the Reptiles and Amphibians have 

 been thrown into one list. 



The system on which I have worked is the same as that 

 adopted in the bird-catalogue, but requires a few words of 

 explanation. The titles of the works catalogued are given 

 chronologically under counties, the latter being arranged under 

 England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. The details are 

 entered in the following order : — Surname of author, Christian 

 name, as much of the title as is necessary for identification, the 

 name of the periodical or volume in which the article or list in 

 question appeared (if not separately published), place of publi- 



