The Annals 



of 



Scottish Natural History 



NO. 20] 1896 [OCTOBER 



MAMMALIA OF SOLWAY. 



By ROBERT SERVICE. 



THE following is an annotated list of the Mammalia of the 

 Solway area. Of the 77 species usually given as British, 

 we have 42 only, and some of these are now gone, but as 

 they have become extinct here in comparatively recent times 

 they claim a place still. 



There is an unusually meagre list of Cetaceans, but 

 although " Whales " have been often enough recorded, the 

 exact species has been but rarely determined, and most of 

 the records are consequently valueless. 



LONG-EARED BAT, Plecotus aiiritus. I am inclined to believe that 

 this species is much the most abundant that we have, out- 

 numbering the Pipistrelle in most places. 



PIPISTRELLE, Vesperugo pipistrellus. Very numerous, and of general 

 distribution. 



DAUBENTON'S BAT, Vespertilio Daubentoni. This is an interesting 

 species that is usually found in considerable numbers in the 

 vicinity of the lochs and along the still reaches of rivers. It 

 flies swiftly along the surface of the water, and its food is 

 almost wholly composed of Caddis Flies, which it may be seen 

 20 B 



