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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



MAMMALIA. 



De Winton's Wood-Mouse in Worcestershire. — In the spring of 

 this year I trapped a specimen of this Mouse in a conservatory in the 

 parish of Norton, some three and a half miles outside Worcester, on 

 the Pershore road. The specimen, a female with well-defined breast- 

 band, gave in the flesh the following measurements in millimetres : — 

 Head and body, 108 ; tail, 114 ; hind foot, 22 ; ear, 19. In Capt. 

 Barrett-Hamilton's monograph of the Mice of the Mus sylvaticus type 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900) this subspecies is recorded from the following 

 counties in England : — Hereford, Sussex, Suffolk, Northampton, and 

 Northumberland. Hence Worcester is a new county record. — E. I. 

 PococK (Brit. Museum, Nat. Hist.). 



Autumnal Litter of Dormice. — On Sept. 29th I found a nest of 

 Muscardinus avellanarius at Betton, near Shrewsbury, containing a doe 

 and several young which were evidently newly born, as they were quite 

 naked and blind. When the nest was visited seven days later it was 

 found that the doe had disappeared, taking her young with her. On 

 Aug. 28th last year I had brought me from the same place a nest with 

 doe and young about half-grown, when the fur is brownish. As the 

 Dormouse is said to litter in the spring, it seems that it frequently has 

 two families in the year. I am informed that at the present time (early 

 October) there are several other nests near here containing young. — 

 H. E. FoEKEST (Shrewsbury). 



White Leveret at Rainworth, Notts. — On Oct. 5th a man picked 

 up a white Leveret (an albino), and brought it to me. We are trying 

 to rear it by hand, and it looks bright and well so far, and will be a 

 delightful pet, and a rare one if we succeed. — J. Whitaker (Raiuworth, 

 Notts). 



AVES. 



Goldcrest Seven Hundred Miles from Land. — On Oct. 10th, when 



in lat. 56° 15' N. and long. 31° 13' W., a Goldcrest [Eegulm cristatus) 



came on board the Allan Liner ' Tunisian.' It was raining and blowing 



a moderate S.S.W. gale at the time, and it sought shelter behind one 



