MAMMALIA. 
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fur was in high esteem) may he ascribed to the change of habits 
in society, by which the common use of mineral coal was intro- 
duced among farmers. Before that time a large number of 
poUard trees were permitted to grow in the neighbourhood 
of town-places or farm yards, for the purpose of supplying the 
house with fuel, and the cavities which most of them contained 
afforded a safe shelter to these, and the others of the weasel 
tribe. When such fuel became of less importance these hollow 
trees were gradually cut down, or suffered to fall, to the great 
dimunition of the numbers of the weasel tribe.” Eeport Eoyal 
Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 1854, pp 25, 26. 
Pox. — Vulpes mlgaris. 
Jenyns, p 14 ; Bell, p 252, 2nd ed., p 225; Blasins, p 191 ; Clermont, p 62. 
“ Common, especially in cliffs near the sea.” 
CARNIVORA PINNIPEDIA. (Seals.) 
Common Seal. — Phoca vituUna. 
Jenyns, p 15 ; Bell, p 263, 2nd ed., p 240 ; Blasins, p 248 ; Clermont, p 73. 
Not frequently found. Otters are often mistaken for these 
animals. One WhitsandBay, 1861. 
Obey Seal. — Halicliatrm gryplms. 
Bell, p 278, 2nd ed., p 262 ; Blasins, p 256 ; Clermont, p 80. 
“ Mr. Bell’s figure and description go far in deciding this to 
be the species taken in a net near Padstow, in 1832, and of 
which some account is given in London’s Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. 
7, p 208.” 
R ODENTIA . (Eodents. ) 
Sqeiebel. — Seiurus mlgarts. 
Jenyns, p 29 ; Bell, p 291, 2nd ed., p 276 ; Blasins, p 272 ; Clermont, p 116. 
Common in some parts of the county, rare or unknown in 
others. 
Dobmoese . — Myoscus aoellanarius. 
Jenyns, p 30 ; Bell, p 295, 2nd ed., p 281 ; Blasins, p297 ; Clermont, p 122. 
Frequently called “Dorymouse.” Common. 
