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4. In the Oak Region, reckoning from that 

 tract where tlie oak-tree first grows, the great 

 bat, the hedgehog, the common rat, the grey- 

 hare (Lepus Canescens), the polecat, and the 

 badger. 



5. The Beech Region, the Barbastell bat, the 

 mole, the dormouse, and the Roedeer. 



6. In such Tracts as the black mulberry can 

 ripen in (skane) are found fossil remains of the wild 

 boar, the large bear (TJrsus sjpelceus), the southern 

 species of reindeer, the Bos urus, Bos frontosus, 

 Bos longifrons, and the bison. 



And as regards the ornithology of the country, 

 we shall see the limits of the several birds just as 

 clearly defined. For — 



1. In the Snow Region we meet with the snow 

 bunting, Buffon's skua, the wheatear, the raven, 

 rough-legged buzzard, the gyrfstlcon, the snowy 

 owl, the short- eared owl, the ptarmigan, the white- 

 fronted goose, the dotterel, the golden plover, the 

 redshank, the dunlin, the purple landpiper, the 

 common gull, the herring gull (by the fell lakes), 

 and three or four species of diving duck. 



2. In the Willow and Birch Region — the 

 meadow pipit, the blue-throated warbler, the 

 brambling, the mealy redpole, the black-headed 

 bunting, the yellow wagtail, the willow wren, the 

 redwing, the ring ouzel, the redstart, marsh tit- 



