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THE ESSEX NATURALIST
cub, born probably from an erythristic sow and a normal coloured
boar, was clearly not a true albino having some pigmentation
and not having pink eyes. Since 1967 the Ingatestone setts be-
came disturbed and no further erythristic individuals have been
seen in this locality.
Sandy coloured individuals have also been seen at various
setts and as suggested by Neal (1948), these are thought to be
intermediate colour varieties between the albino and normal
forms.
Acknowledgements
Apart from the help received from the previous recorders, D.
R. Scott and W. W. Page, I am indebted to the many landowners,
naturalists, gamekeepers, and others who have supplied informa-
tion and assisted in field work. The list is too long to print in
full but those to whom I am especially grateful are as follows: —
R. Allen, P. Baldwin, P. Blomfield, K. Byrne, P. Carter, D. I. Chap-
man, F. S. Chart, D. Corke, Mrs M. D. Gibbon, Mr & Mrs J. Green,
S. Harris, S. Hollins, D. A. J. Hunford, C. E. Owen, F. B, Plumb,
P. J. Relph, C. S. Robbins, S. Robbins, P. J. Stothert, Miss W. R.
Verner, A. E. Vine and D. Walker.
David Corke and Don Hunford commented constructively on
the script and Bill Page took and kindly supplied the photograph.
Future records will be welcomed by the author whose
address is No. 16 Bruce Grove, Chelmsford, or by the Club's Re-
corder of Mammals.
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