204 THE ESSEX NATURALIST. 
Squirrel Club accounted for 46,000 animals in Inverness-shire and 
Ross-shire in the ten years preceding 1913. So that, taking 
everything into consideration, the future of the squirrel, whether 
the red or the grey kind, in this country is not too bright. 
APPENDIX A. 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE. 
I. 1915. Watt, HucH Boyp.—‘“‘ The AmericanGrey Squirrel in Britain,” 
The Field, 12th June. Reprinted as a pamphlet. 
2. 1917. THOMAS, OLDFIELD.—‘‘ The Grey Squirrel in England,’ The 
Field, 26th April; giving a letter from Mr. E. W. Nelson, head 
of the Bureau of Biological Survey, Washington, D.C. 
3. I920. RitcHieE, JAMES.—The Influence of Man on Animal Life in 
Scotland, pp. 238-290; Remarks on the grey squirrel. 
4. 1921. Barrett-Hamitton, G. E. H., and Hinton, Martin, A. C.— 
A History of British Mammals, pt. 21, pp. 718-720. Addendum 
to article on the red squirrel. 
5. 1921. Knicut, C. W. R—Wild Life in the Tvee-Tops, pp. 49-50- 
Remarks on the decay of the red squirrel and increase of the 
grey one in Kent; 
6, 1922. Pocock, R. I‘ The Grey Squirrel in Great Britain,’ The 
Field, 28th January, p. 135. 
APPENDIX B. 
ABSTRACT OF INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM H.M. OFFICE OF WORKS AS 
TO THE AMERICAN GREY SQUIRREL IN THE ROYAL PARKS IN LONDON 
AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, JANUARY, 1923. 
Place. First Observed. How Introduced Ee Seelaaae 
(CENTRAL PARKS :— About 15 years ; Probably from | Slightincrease. 
Hyde Park and ago (1908) the Regent’s About 20. 
Kensington Gardens Park. 
REGENT’S PARK About 18 years | From the Zoo-| Increasing. 
ago (1905). logical Gardens.} About 250. 
HAMPTON COURT About 7 years | Probably from | Increasing. , 
ago (1916). Hyde Park. About 15. 
Busuy About 20 years | Increasing. 
ago (1903). Number not 
[but see page given. 
IQI ante] 
RICHMOND About 25 years | Firstseen at | Not Increasing. 
ago (1898). Kingston end, Probably 150 
probably turned] to 200. 
down by some- 
. one, 
GREENWICH Never se Boe st 
INFORMATION FROM LIEUT.-CoL. Sir Davip Prain, F.R.S., LATE DIRECTOR 
OF THE RoyALt BoTANIcC GARDENS, 
RoyvaL Botanic 8th May, 1908. | Two pairs from | Increasing ; 
GARDENS, KEw. Woburn. now very . 
plentiful. 
