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168 Before concluding, it may be well to remark that the nomenclature adopted by Mr. Borrer is that of Lovell Reeve's 'Land and Freshwater Mollusks of the British Islands.' Mr. W. Jeffery and Mr. Unwin follow Gray's edition of Turton's 'Manual.' Mr. Weaver and the authors of the Brighton and Eastbourne Lists do not specify any particular text-books. As already observed, the systematic arrangement adopted in the present Catalogue is that of Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys, as published in the first volume of his 'British Conchology.'

Although the Hedgehog is undoubtedly a destroyer of the eggs of poultry and game birds, and probably the young also, if we may believe the apparently conclusive evidence which has been published at various times in 'The Zoologist,' 'The Field,' and elsewhere, yet it has many redeeming qualities. As a destroyer of cockroaches, snails, and other "vermin," it certainly, in my opinion, has no equal, and should therefore be considered an especial friend by all who possess a walled-in garden or a kitchen infested with cockroaches.

Hedgehogs may be easily tamed, and will feed readily on almost any animal food, besides bread and milk. They will also destroy snakes and adders. There is a widespread belief that they are innocuous to all known poisons. How far this may be true I am unable to say; but perhaps some of the more scientific