MAMMALIA OF GREAT YARMOUTH. 301 
_ wind was north-east, and many Ducks in the country,* he some- 
times carried home eight or nine fowl of various kinds in the 
Same morning.” How he evaded scrutiny and interference, and 
picked up his trail after each home-going, are interesting matters 
_ of detail. An animal of the same breed was kept in the seventies 
by the late G. Overend, a famous collector of local birds; it 
exhibited some remarkable traits, fetching newspapers, and 
_ exchanging them with various friends of his master, and other 
notable things. It is still fairly common in the locality, but has 
_ been superseded by the Spaniel by the very few gunners who 
follow up shooting along the “‘ walls” and on.the marshes. 
With regard to the species mentioned in the following list, 
our knowledge of the Chiroptera may be mentioned as yet being 
in an unsatisfactory state; but few sportsmen, save novices, ever 
trouble themselves to bring down such mean game; and, as their 
habits make observation an awkward and at best but a casual 
matter, one or two other species than those enumerated, may 
really be frequenting the neighbourhood, but are as yet awaiting 
detection. Amongst the Insectivora, the ‘‘Oared Shrew” + has 
not yet been observed in the locality. Allthe Mustelide, with the 
exception perhaps of the Weasel, are yearly becoming scarcer. 
The Phocide, on the other hand, are more frequent in their 
visits. Opportunities for observing the Cetacea have always 
been and will remain difficult and casual. The Rodentia have 
become restricted, or have increased, according to the circum- 
stances which affect their natural economy. 
At present the list comprises the following :—I. Chiroptera 
(four). 2. Insectivora (four). 8. Carnivora and Pinnipedia 
(ten). 4. Rodentia (twelve). 5. Cetacea (eight). Of these two 
carnivores and one rodent are now extinct, one rodent may be 
referred to as a subspecies, and one Phocideé as doubtful. 
The first list of Yarmouth Mammalia was published in 1884 
by the Brothers Paget, in their ‘Sketch of the Natural History 
of Great Yarmouth,’ a much less perfect one being published in 
_ 1863, by Dr. B. T. Lowne, under the title of ‘A Popular Natural 
* These good old gunning times are now but matters of tradition, the 
drainage of the marshes, increased traffic, and greater scarcity of wildfowl 
considerably accounting for the local decrease. 
+ A variety of Crossopus fodiens. 
