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Witley (Zool. 1906, p. 171), Elstead and Hindhead (L. B. Mouritz 
in lit.). On Jan. 20th this year (1908) I trapped a female on a 
night of severe frost. It is probably quite common throughout 
the county, but on account of its small size often escapes de- 
tection. 
Water SHrew (Neomys fodiens). —I have always found this 
species decidedly rare, and only know of two places where it is 
to be found in anything like abundance, namely, Hsher and 
Milford. In the latter place I have frequently seen dead speci- 
mens on the road a long way from water, and it shares in the 
autumnal mortality with the Common Shrew. At Hsher 
numbers took up their abode by a small and sluggish stream 
verging on the outskirts of a pine-wood, and here many were 
trapped. | : 
Fox (Canis vulpes). Common in the south-west portion of 
the county, rarer towards the Metropolis, and is occasionally 
found within the confines of Richmond Park. 
Ping Marten (Mustela martes).—(Cf. Zool. ante, p. 5.) 
PouEcat (Putorius feetidus). — As far as I am aware the Pole- 
cat has been completely exterminated in Surrey. I purchased 
a stuffed specimen from Braddon, the Guildford taxidermist, 
taken in the neighbourhood of Guildford sixteen years ago. I 
remember when I was quite a child in 1887, being shown 
two dead ones just killed by a gamekeeper in Milford. Of 
course there is just the probability of its turning up again in 
the wilder parts of the county. It is curious why the Polecat 
and Marten have been so completely exterminated from most 
English counties, and yet the Stoat and Weasel, in spite of 
the constant warfare waged against them by gamekeepers, run 
unchecked. 
Sroat (P. ermineus).—Abundant. I have seen several white 
and pied county specimens, and I once had a nearly pure 
white one from Pirbright. Last winter (1907), when out rabbit- 
shooting, and while waiting for the ferrets to work, I was 
surprised at a rabbit bolting from a hole almost under my feet 
some distance away from where the ferrets had been putin. I 
shot it, and just after out popped a second, and yet a third, both 
of which I secured ; and, lastly, out came a Stoat hot on the 
scent. I was in the hopes it would turn out more rabbits, but 
