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Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Notts., Cheshire, 

 G. T. Rope. Lancashire, Durham, Westmoreland, Cumherland. 



On the Range of the Dormouse [Myoxus avellanarius\ in England and Wales. 



[This article contains numerous and detailed notes for most of the northern 

 counties, Derbyshire and Northumberland being mentioned negatively.] 

 Zool., June 1885, pp. 201-213, 



J. H. Salter. Yorkshire. 

 Audacity of the Stoat [Mustela erminea — stalking Herons near Scarborough, 

 close to low tide mark]. Nat. Hist. Journ., December 1885, p. 188. 



J. H. Salter. Yorkshire. 

 Census of a Gamekeeper's Museum [at Irton, near Scarborough ; Stoats (Mustela 

 erminea), Weasels (M. vulgaris), Hedgehog (Erinaceus europceus), Domestic 

 Cats (Felts domestica), and Rats (A/us decumanus)]. Nat. Hist. Journ., 

 December 15th, 1885, p. 187. 



Thomas Southwell. Yorkshire, Lancashire, Durham. 



British Animals [a criticism of a paper by the Rev. F. O. Morris ; includes 

 mentions of the Hairy-armed Bat ( Vespertilio leisleri), Bechstein's Bat ( V. 

 bechsteinii), Serotine ( V. serotinus), Noctule ( V. noclula), and Whiskered Bat 

 ( V. mystacinus), in the North of England]. Land and Water, January 3rd, 

 1885, p. 12. 



Thomas Southwell. Lincolnshire ; Lancashire or Westmoreland. 



Notes on British Mammals [continuation of his former notes. Refers to the 

 Lincolnshire Wild Cat (Felts catus) : and to the Greenland or Harp Seal 

 (Phoca grcenlandica), to which Prof. Turner in 1 874 referred a specimen taken 

 in 1868 near the viaduct of the Lancashire and Ulverstone Railway; the 

 only instance in Britain of the actual capture of a specimen]. Land and 

 Water, March 7th, 1885, p. 224-5. 



M. G. Watkins. Lincolnshire. 

 The Keeper's Gihhet [refers to a Lincolnshire wood which was one of the last 

 English resorts of the Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), and gives particulars of it ; also 

 refers to the last Wild Cat (Felts catus) killed in Lincolnshire]. Longman's 

 Mag., February 1885, vii, 430-438. 



REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, 1885. 



Anon, [no signature]. Yorkshire. 

 Ackworth Boys' Essay and Natural History Societies' Reports. [Viper (Pelias 

 berus), Ringed Snake (Tropidonotus natrix), and Slow-worm (Anguis fragilis) 

 noted at Brockerdale.] Nat. Hist. Journ., September 15, 1885, p. 118. 



G. A. BoulEnger. Notts 

 On the occurrence of the Palmated Newt \Moige palmatd] in Oxfordshire. 

 [An error of locality corrected ; Nottingham having been given in the British 

 Museum catalogues for specimens which really came from Bridgewater and 

 Scotland.] Zool., July 1885, p. 266. 

 Linnaeus Greening. Cheshire, Lancashire. 



British Lizards : a paper read before the Warrington Field Club, 30th October, 

 1885 [including notes on the species found in the district]. 8vo, 1885, 20 pages. 

 Linn^us Greening. Lancashire, Cheshire. 



British Snakes : a paper read at a meeting of the Warrington Field Club [in- 

 cluding notes on the species of the Warrington district]. 8vo, 1885, 19 pages. 

 Geo. A. Harker. Lancashire or Cheshire. 



Lizard {Zootoca vivipard\ with two tails [near Liverpool]. Young Nat., April 

 1885, vi, 87. 



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