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from the Badger, which is no longer a sporting animal ; _ 
but even this Huntsman’s favourite leads a precarious 
existence. In 
Cese VII, 
will be seen specimens of the OTTER, an animal still 
common in the fastnesses of the Broads, where 
perhaps it 1s as numerous as in any part of England. ~ 
The CoMMON SEAL (Phoca vitulina), which is met — 
with all round the British shore, is frequently found 
on the Norfolk coast, whence that exhibited here was 
obtained. ‘There is also in this case a much finer 
species of Seal, known as the GrRrEy SEAL. It 
formerly bred on the Farne Islands, but I fear has ~ 
ceased to do so, and is now only met with in an ~ 
irregular manner south of Scotland, where it still 
holds its own on some of the remote islands. The 
young animal here exhibited is one of several which 
have been met with on the Norfolk coast. A few 
skulls of Seals will also be noticed, one of them 
belonging to a small Seal, Phoca hispida, an Arctic 
species, the only known British example of which 
was procured on our coast. In : 
Case VIII. 
will be seen other examples of the Badger and Fox, 
with skeletons of each, as well as Wi_p Cats (Fels 
catus), and Potecats (Mustela putorius), the former 
long extinct and the latter now very scarce in this’ 
county. There are also examples of the SToaT 
(Mustela erminea), both in its summer coat, and also 
in the white dress it often assumes in winter ; in 
either state it may be recognised by its black-tipped tail. 
In Norfolk this species is known as the “ lobster,” 
probably a corruption of the word “leapster,” in 
