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NOTES on DURHAM MAMMALS. 



Long-eared Bat in the Derwent Valley, Durham. -In May 1899 

 a fine specimen of the Long-eared Bat {Plecotus auritus) was shot near 

 Rowlands Gill, by Mr. Robert Grey, of that village. — J. W. Fawcett, 

 Satley, Darlington, 22nd November 1901. 



Badgers in the Derwent Valley.— In the summer of 1899 a female 

 Badger {Meles meles) was caught near to the Broad Oak covers, between 

 Whittonstall and Chopwell, and was kept in confinement for some time. 

 This animal, once rare in the Derwent Valley, is now becoming fairly 

 common, and has established itself in many places, and especially in the 

 woods of the Hixhope dene, near Muggleswick, the Flandersbrough woods 

 on the Derwent, near the same village, the woods near Alansford, the 

 woods of Milkwell Burn, and Gibside woods. 



On nth June 1901, three Badgers — a mother and two young — were dug 

 out of a hole in a wood on the Durham side of the Derwent Valley, a little 

 above Alansford. — J. W, Fawcett, Satley, Darlington, 22nd Nov. 1901. 



NOTES on YORKSHIRE BIRDS. 



Black Redstart near Scarborough. -A nice specimen of the Black 

 Redstart {Ruticilla tithys) $ has come into my possession. It was shot at 

 Scarborough on 15th November. — R. Fortune, Harrogate, 19th Nov. 1901. 



Montagu's Harrier in Yorkshire.— I have added to my collection 

 a g-ood specimen of Montagu's Harrier {Circus cinerace?ts) $ which unfor- 

 tunately met its death by being caught in a trap at Bickley on 26th April. — 

 R. Fortune, Harrogate, 19th November 1901. 



NOTE on DURHAM BIRDS. 



Hoopoe in the County of Durham. — In the month of June 1901 

 a fine specimen of the Hoopoe {Upupa epops) was wantonly shot in Chopwell 

 Woods, in the Derwent Valley, in the County of Durham, by a pot-hunter. 

 It is a great pity that such characters, who, for the selfish pleasure of 

 exhibiting- the carcase of a rare bird in a glass case, and so depriving the 

 rest of people of the delight of seeing the bird in its natural state, cannot be 

 severely punished. — J. W. Fawcett, Satley, Darlington, 22nd Nov. 1901. 



NOTE on CUMBERLAND COLEOPTERA. 



Euryporus picipes near Carlisle. — On 2nd November last I had the 

 pleasure of taking- a single specimen of the very rare Staphylinid Beetle, 

 Euryporus picipes Pk., near here. The locality was a piece of waste land 

 overgrown with Heather {Polytrichum and Sphagnum) bordering- on a Fir 

 wood close to the village of Durdar. It was taken by teasing Sphagnum 

 over a sheet of brown paper. — Jas. Murray, ii, Close Street, Carlisle, 

 nth December 1901. 



NOTES on LEPIDOPTERA. 



Death's Head Moth in Durham. — A beautiful specimen of the Death's 

 Head Moth {Acherontia atropos) was captured at Castlesides by Mr. Charles 

 Almond, of Consett, on Saturday, 8th June 1901. — J. YV. Fawcett, Satley, 

 Darlington, 22nd November 1901. 



Death's Head Moth in South Northumberland.— On Monday even 

 ing, 14th October 1901, a fine specimen of a Death's Head Moth {Acherontia 

 atropos), measuring five inches from tip to tip of wing, with the length of 

 body inches, was captured in the Vicarage garden, at Haydon Bridge, 

 by Mr. J. H. Mandell, jun., a rare occurrence for this season of the year. — 

 J. W. Fawcett, Satley, Darlington, 22nd Nov. 1901. 



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