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others. The Eev. ]\Ir Stewart published a list of the mammals 

 of the parish of Luss in the " Statistical Account of Scotland," 

 1790. The works of ]\Ir John Colquhoun are full of most 

 interesting notes on the habits and natural history of the wild 

 animals of the Dumbartonshire woods and moors ; and Mr Robert 

 Gray has given information about some of the more interesting 

 mammals of the district, in his sketch of the Zoology of Loch 

 Lomond, in Messrs. Maclure and Macdonald's " Guide to the 

 Trossachs and Loch Lomond." In the " Fauna and Flora of the 

 West of Scotland," Glasgow, 1876, Mr E. R. Alston has given, in 

 detail, a sketch of the mammals, which of course includes those 

 of the Loch Lomond district. 



In the notes to the following list I have not therefore attempted 

 fully to describe the habits of any of the existing species, as that 

 has already been ably done by other pens, but have only 

 endeavoured to record the present as compared with the past 

 state of the mammalian fauna of the neighbourhood of Loch 

 Lomond. 



CHEIROPTERA. ' VESPERTILIONIDAE. 



Common Bat, Vesperugo jnjyistrellus (Schreb.). 

 Very common. 



Long-eared Bat, Plecotus auritus (Linn.). 

 Not uncommon, but not so numerous as the last named species. 



INSECTIVORA. ERINACEIDAE. 



Hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus. Linn. 



Common, and in many places would be numerous were it not 

 killed clown by gamekeepers, who all wage war against it. I have 

 found young ones, with their eyes not yet open, as late as 28th of 

 September, which I think is almost a proof of the hedgehog 

 occasionally breeding twice in the year. 



INSECTIVORA. TALPIDAE. 



Mole, Talpa europaea. Linn. 



Very common. Although trapped on all the arable land in the 

 district, this species still holds its own, as the numerous woods 

 and plantations offer it a secure retreat. 



