Notes on Mammals and Reptiles. 



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Red Granite, Mountain Limestone, Chert, and Lidianstone. 

 At Hutton Bushel a gravel pit was found to contain Rhomb- 

 porphyry, Dalecarlia Porphyrite, Red Granite, Cheviot Porphyrite 

 (common), Whinstone, and Carboniferous Limestone. 



Behind the Downe Arms Hotel at Wykeham is a pit in which 

 the sand is exceptionally free from gravel. The sand was 

 current bedded, and in places contained large patches of car- 

 bonaceous material. Amongst the small pebbles noticed were 

 Cheviot Porphyrite and Lias (Gryphcea inciirvd). This pit, 

 though principally of sand, evidently belongs to the same series 

 as the gravels already referred to. 



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NOTES on MAMMALIA. 



Badger near Wolsingham, Co. Durham. — On Saturday, 9th March 

 1901, a beautifully-marked male Badger {Meles meles) was captured at Shull, 

 near Wolsing-ham, by Mr. Thomas Cranston. It was believed to be one of 

 three which had been seen in the neighbourhood for some time, but had 

 hitherto eluded capture. — J. W. Fawcett, Satley, Darlington, 6th Sept. 

 1 90 1 . 



Seal on Cartmel Shores. — According to the ' Barrow News,' 31st 

 August 1901, a fine young Seal (Phoca vitulina L.) came up with the tide on 

 the evening of 24th August to Grange. It was so much injured in the 

 attempts to catch it that it died. I have a record of another caug'ht on 

 the shore near Flookborough on 1st August 1892. It was ultimately bought 

 by someone at Morecambe, I believe. 



Macpherson, 'Fauna of Lakeland,' p. 46, considers the Seal 'decidedly 

 rare oh our coast. . . . The last known to have been captured on the 

 Lancashire sands became entangled in the salmon nets near Chapel Island 

 . . . in the autumn of 1889.' Chapel Island is in Furness, almost opposite 

 Conishead Priory. — S. L. Petty, Ulverston, 4th September 1901. 



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NOTES on REPTILES and AMPHIBIANS. 



Viper at Silverdale, West Lanes.— A specimen of Vipera bents L., 

 measuring- 26% inches, was killed on Castlebarrow, Silverdale. by Mr. J. 

 Bouskill, about the middle of June last. — S. L. Petty, Ulverston, 1st 

 July 1 90 1. 



Adder in the Derwent Valley.— On Friday. t6th June 1899, a largo 

 Adder ( I 7/Vm bents), 24 inches in length, was killed at Darwencote in the 

 Derwent Valley, Co. Durham, by Mr. R. Moffat, of Medomsley. J. W. 

 Fawcett, Satley, 6th September 1901. 



Viper in the County of Durham. On uth June iqoi a Viper 

 ( Vipera dents), measuring 19 inches in length was killed by the road-side 

 near Combe Bridges, in the parish of Mug-gleswick, Co. Durham, where 

 the species is by no means rare.— J. W. Fawcett, Satley, Darlington, 

 6th September 1901. 



Newts at Silverdale, West Lanes. 1 am not aware if the Smooth 

 Newt (Triton tceniatus Schneid.i is on record for Silverdale area, but a good 

 main - were seen at Wood Well in the large tank, amongst the wood. S. L. 

 Petty, Ulverston, 1st July [901. 



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