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MAMMALIA. 



Pigmy Shrew at Great Yarmouth, — I have several times met with 

 the Pigmy Shrew (Surex minutus) at St. Olaves, on the Waveney. The 

 first one I saw had been caught by a cat. It was badly mauled, and, 

 as some doubt was expressed, I sent it to the British Museum, where 

 its identity was confirmed. Since then I have tried, with absolute 

 failure, to trap a good living specimen for photographing, but several 

 have been taken alive from the cats, who' will not eat them. The 

 Pigmy Shrew is not entirely nocturnal, as they are caught during the 

 day by the cats. The youngsters of the neighbourhood know the 

 animal pretty well as the " Eanny," a name generally given to the 

 Common Shrew, which in this district appears to be much rarer. I 

 have only once met with a specimen of S. vulgaris. This specimen I 

 have shown to some who were likely to meet with them, but in the 

 district round St. Olaves a "Eanny" as large as that appeared to be 

 almost unknown. The Pigmy Shrew — or, as they called it, the 

 "Eanny" — was recognized by most, and appears to be spread over a 

 large district, including Fritton and Haddiscoe. Mr. Patterson tells 

 me 8. minutus has been recorded before — on two occasions at least — 

 for Norfolk, but is new to the Yarmouth district. — P. E. Eumbelow 

 (Napoleon Place, Great Yarmouth). 



Notes on Surrey Mammals. — On July 8th I saw here, flying over a 

 large sheet of water, a number of Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentoni). 

 I have never seen this species recorded from Surrey before, though 

 it is common in some parts of the Thames Valley. On the 8th of 

 September a Noctule [Pterygistes noctula) was on the wing at 7 p.m. 

 This is the latest date as yet that I have of its appearance. Another 

 Pigmy Shrew (Sorex minutus) was taken at Elstead, in this neigh- 

 bourhood, by Mr. L. B. Mouritz, who kindly sent .me particulars. 

 He writes: — "I noticed how prominent the snout is in this little 

 species, as you recently remarked upon in 'The Zoologist.'" During 

 the past summer I have noted numbers of dead Moles lying about the 

 roads and fields, and put this strange mortality down to the long 

 drought. — Gordon Dalgliesh (Brook. "Witley, Surrey). 



