186 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



MAMMALIA. 



INSECTIVOKA. 



Varieties of Mole.— The variety of Talpa europcea mentioned by Mr. 

 Forrest (ante, p. 142) is not at all uncommon in some parts of the country. 

 In their various stages they are known to the Mole-catchers as " blue " 

 Moles. I have several in my possession. The most difficult variety of 

 Mole to get hold of is one spotted with white — at least that is my experi- 

 ence. I have a good series of skins, but have never been able so far 

 to obtain a spotted example. 



With regard to Water Shrews being found far from water, I have 

 several times noticed this, and have picked them up dead when shooting 

 on dry sandy land, where the nearest pond or stream was some mile or so 

 away. — Oxley Grabham (Heworth, York). 



Lesser Shrew in Shropshire.— The Rev. W. Lightfoot Harrison, of 

 Great Woolaston, sent me, on March 15th, a little animal which he had 

 found in his garden the previous day. On examination it proved to be a 

 specimen of the Lesser Shrew (Sorex pygmaus), a species which has never 

 before been recorded in Shropshire. It will be placed in the Shrewsbury 

 Museum.— H. E. Forrest (Bayston Hill, near Shrewsbury). 



UNGULATA. 



Equus quagga, L. — I have for some time been collecting information 

 regardiug the Quagga of South Africa, which, it is feared, is now wholly 

 extinct, though other members of the family still survive in sadly diminished 

 numbers. I should be glad for any information on the following points : 

 Former range of the Quagga ; range of variation in colour, if any ; breeding 

 season ; Quaggas born in captivity; Quagga hybrids with Horse or other 

 animal ; date when a living Quagga was last seen in its old haunts ; any 

 aged animal still living in captivity. I have already details of external 

 characters, male and female, and foetal young ; food ; museum specimens ; 

 Lord Morton's Quagga hybrid, and so on. I should specially like to hear 

 of any specimens preserved in museums ; my list already comprises London, 

 Edinburgh, York, Manchester, Paris, Leyden, Amsterdam, Berlin, Berne, 



