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MAMMALS. 
Meles taxus (Schreb.). Badger. 
From 1877 to 1881 a keeper killed eight badgers in different 
parts of Sutherland, two at Garnsury near Ben Armine, one at 
Crakaig, and five at Glen Loth. It is to be hoped that the 
remnant, if any, may escape further persecution. 
Felis catus, L. Wild Cat. 
From 1877 to 1881 one keeper alone trapped twenty-two wild 
cats on different shootings in Sutherland. One sijecimen was 
trapped of late years, date uncertain, at Glencassley, but no 
traces of others have been seen there since. In March of the 
present year one was trapped at Kildonan, and sent to Mr. 
Macleay, Inverness, for preservation. 
We are indebted to Mr. Macleay, Inverness, for a note of three 
wild cats sent in to him from Berriedale in 1880 to be stuffed. 
Mustela putorius, L. Polecat. 
We have received notes of a good many polecats trapped in 
different parts of Sutherland, and in 1881 one keeper killed 
eleven in Glen Loth. The last we have a notice of was trapped 
at Glencassley in the spring of 1885. 
Mantes abietum, Ray. Marten. 
Rare as the marten now undoubtedly is, yet in the winter of 
1886-7 several appeared in the Assynt country. One, a male, 
was shot at Duchally by the Glencassley keeper on November 
27th, 1886; four were trapped by Kenneth Mackenzie, a 
shepherd, in Assynt, and still another was taken in Ehiconich. 
Phoca groenlandica (Fair.). Harp Seal. 
In a letter from Dr. Joass, Golspie, to Harvie-Brown, dated October 
23d, 1886, he says:— 
" Prof. Sir Wm. Turner pronounced a specimen which he 
