DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLE OF MAN XXXili 
a real strong salt sea, is very dominant all over Man. 
According to the statistics of Mr. Moore, the annual mean 
temperature is 49:0°, with an extreme annual rangeof 17'1° 
only, ‘one of the mildest and most equable climates in 
the world.’ There are, according to Mr, Moore, remarkable 
variations in the amount of rainfall in different districts, 
from sixty-one inches at Snaefell to twenty-five at the Calf. 
For purposes of comparison some brief remarks should 
be made on the land mammals, fresh-water fish, and 
reptiles of Man. 
Of the first,’ the Island has the Common and Long-eared 
Bats (Vesperugo pipistrellus and Plecotus auritus),? the Lesser 
Shrew (Sorex minutus), the Stoat (Mustela erminec) (according 
to Mr. O. Thomas its Irish form), the Long-tailed Field Mouse 
(Mus sylvaticus), the Common House Mouse (us musculus), 
andBrown Rat (Mus decwumanus), the Common Hare, the Rab- 
bit,and the Hedgehog(Hrinaceus ewropeus).? It willbe noticed 
that Voles are absent, also the Squirrel, Mole, and Weasel. 
The fresh-water fish are, according to Mr. Kermode (Zool., 
1893, p. 65), Gasterosteus aculeatus and G. pungitius, the 
Salmon (Salmo salar), Salmo trutta (var. albus, and cambri- 
cus), the Trout (Salmo fario), Kel (Anguilla vulgaris), and 
Lampern (Petromyzon fluviatilis). 
The amphibia and reptiles are the Common Frog (Rana 
temporaria), introduced, it is said, about two hundred years 
ago, and two Lizards (Lacerta vivipara and L. agilis). 
Newts (Triton palustris and T. punctatus), whether by 
some error of memory or otherwise, were long ago reported 
by Professor Forbes, but the record has never been con- 
firmed. There are of course neither Snakes nor Toads, 
4a See Mr. Kermode’s articles in Manz Note-Book, No. 4. 
2 The Bats of the Isle of Man have been little investigated.—Zool., 1893, p. 62. 
It is now certain that the Shrew of the Isle of Man is minutus, and the Hare 
europeus. 
3 This last, Mr. Kermode thinks, is likely of recent introduction. 
