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MAMMALS Iclcwell Bury on 28 October 1886 had the fore part of the body pure white, as far as the top of the shoulder (Fie/cf). Mr. T. Cane has given me particulars of another that was shot at Dunstable ; it also had the fore parts white, including the shoulders and fore legs, one eye being normal in colour, the other white with a black pupil. One of a uniform pale grey colour was sent in to Mr. A. Covington from Sharnbrook about 1868; also another, very similar but patched with white, from Wilshamstead shortly afterwards. 29. Rabbit. Lepus cuniculus, Linn. Common, but varying considerably in numbers in various localities, and on the whole by no means so abundant as in many other counties. On 4 May 1 90 1 I saw two entirely white young ones in company with others on the Sharpenhoe downs. [43