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De Winton's Wood-Mouse in Worcestershire.—In the spring of this year I trapped a specimen of this Mouse in a conservatory in the parish of Norton, some three and a half miles outside Worcester, on the Pershore road. The specimen, a female with well-defined breastband, gave in the flesh the following measurements in millimetres:—Head and body, 108; tail, 114; hind foot, 22; ear, 19. In Capt. Barrett-Hamilton's monograph of the Mice of the Mus sylvaticus type (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900) this subspecies is recorded from the following counties in England:—Hereford, Sussex, Suffolk, Northampton, and Northumberland. Hence Worcester is a new county record.— (Brit. Museum, Nat. Hist.).

Autumnal Litter of Dormice.—On Sept. 29th I found a nest of Muscardinus avellanarius at Betton, near Shrewsbury, containing a doe and several young which were evidently newly born, as they were quite naked and blind. When the nest was visited seven days later it was found that the doe had disappeared, taking her young with her. On Aug. 28th last year I had brought me from the same place a nest with doe and young about half-grown, when the fur is brownish. As the Dormouse is said to litter in the spring, it seems that it frequently has two families in the year. I am informed that at the present time (early October) there are several other nests near here containing young.— (Shrewsbury).

White Leveret at Rainworth, Notts.—On Oct. 5th a man picked up a white Leveret (an albino), and brought it to me. We are trying to rear it by hand, and it looks bright and well so far, and will be a delightful pet, and a rare one if we succeed.— (Rainworth, Notts).

Goldcrest Seven Hundred Miles from Land.—On Oct. 10th, when in lat. 56° 15' N. and long. 31° 13' W., a Goldcrest (Regulus cristatus) came on board the Allan Liner 'Tunisian.' It was raining and blowing a moderate S.S.W. gale at the time, and it sought shelter behind one