BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1884: MAMMALIA. 153 



J. J. Brigg. Yorkshire. 

 A White Weasel [Mnsiela vulgaris\. Field, January 5th, p, 30. 



A Weasel, perfectly white, including the tail, was caught at Kildwick, 

 November, 1883. Eyes dull pink. Editor adds that white n'eascls are rarely 

 met with. — Mr. John Colquhoun writes subsequently (Field, January 19th, 

 p. 91) that it was probably an albino. White stoats are not — but change 

 during winter. 



Thomas Bunker. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire. 



Capture of a Rudolphi's Rorqual {Balcenoptera borealis) at Goole. Naturahst, 

 November, x. 87-88 ; Zool., December, p. 483. 



Captured on the 5th of September ; now in the British Museum. 

 James Carter. Yorkshire. 

 Range of the Dormouse \JiIyoxiis aveUanarms\ in England. Field, April 12th, 

 p. 499. 



One captured several years ago at Lofthouse, near Whitby. 

 Thomas Carter. Yorkshire. 

 Badger \_Meles taxus\ in North Yorkshire. Zool., February, p. 63; Nat., 

 February, ix. 116. 



One unearthed by foxhounds at Slenningford Park, near Ripon, December 

 5th, 1883. 

 John Cordeaux. 



The Spurn. Naturalist, August, x. 2. Yorkshire. 



Notes on the bones of Bos longifroiis, of Red Deer, and Wild Boar in the 

 Kilnsea kitchen-middens, and of Bos priviigenius, Cerviis viegaceros^ C. elaphus. 

 Rhinoceros and Trichecits rosiuariis in the Holderness gravels. 



Notes from the Humber in the Autumn of 1884. Field, November 22nd, p. 7 1 6. 

 Incidental references to vSeal {Phoca viiidma) and Porpoises ^Phocana 

 coninmnis) off" the Yorkshire Coast at Dimlington. 

 John Cordeaux. 



In Upper Coquetdale. Field, August 2nd. p. 152. Northumberland. 



The notes include the following references: — Fox {Canis vuipes); Water 

 Rats {Arvicola ampJiibia) ; ^QpXxxt\{Sciiirus vulgaris) — imported twenty years 

 ago — now plentiful ; Polecat {Mnstela piUoria) — quite extinct ; Stoat {Mjistela 

 erininea) and Weasel {M. znilgaris) — still common; Otter {Liitra viclgaris) — 

 by no means rare. 



John Cordeaux. Lincolnshire. 

 Wild Cat \_Felis catiis'\ in Lincolnshire. Zool., Sept., p. 380-1 ; Naturalist, 

 Sept., x. 33-34 ; Trans. Norf. and Norw. Nat. Soc, 1883, iii. 676A, 676B. 

 Includes notes also on other mammals and on a few birds. 

 A. G. L. D. (Sessay). Yorkshire. 

 Supposed Collection of Strawberries by a Hedgehog. Field, Aug. 2nd, p. 153. 

 Records that Short-tailed Mice (Ai-vicola agrestis ?) picked strawberries and 

 left them in little heaps. 



Editor of Field. Lancashire, Yorkshire, Westmoreland. 



Red Deer \_Ce)'vus elapJiits\ Field, February 9th, p. 193. 



Review of Richard Jefferies' book on ' Red Deer.' jNIentions that in [York- 

 shire and] Lancashire the great forests of Bowland and Blackburnshire held Red 

 Deer until 1805, and that at the present time a few still roam on Martindale 

 Fells in Westmoreland, descendants of the original wild stock, even though 

 they may be now said to be in a state of semi-domestication. 



Editor of Field. Durham. 

 Distribution of the Dormouse {^Myoxtis avellanarius'\ in England. Field, 

 May 3rd, p. 597. 



Repetition of Mennell and Perkins' record for Co. Durham. 



