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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



M A M M ALIA. 



Weasels caught in Mole-trap. — On April 4th, seeing a Mole-trap 

 off, I pulled it up, and was surprised to find a Weasel caught in it. I 

 took the Weasel out and reset the trap. On April 16th I happened 

 to pass the same place, and noticed that the trap was sprung again. 

 On pulling it up I was astonished to find another Weasel caught. 



They were both females. I took the enclosed photograph of the 

 second Weasel in the exact position it was caught in. — F. Barber- 

 Starkey (Aldenham Park, Bridgnorth, Shropshire). 



AVE S. 



"Where are our Nuthatches'?" — With reference to Mr. Warde 

 Fowler's query (ante, p. 155), I may state that Nuthatches have of 

 late years hecome very scarce in certain woods of Hampshire where 



