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as that of 1878-79 would do away with the necessity of any Hares 

 and Rabbits Bill legislation. 



RED DEER AND ROE.* 



Ceryidae. 

 Are generally reported in a forward condition. Roes' heads, 

 sent to Mr. Snowie in beginning of August, had the horns clear of 

 velvet (Inverness-shire) fully a month before last year. Red 

 Deer are stated by Mr. Horatio Ross to be quite three weeks in 

 advance of any former year in his experience [Scotsman, 6, viii., 

 80]. Stags generally reported to have finely developed heads. 



BAT. 



Vespertilionidae. 



Vespevtilio daubentoni, Leisler, occurred in large numbers in the 

 Stewartry, as I am informed by Mr. Robt. Service, who forwarded 

 a specimen for identification, t During July and August large 

 numbers were seen hawking for Trichoptera over the waters of 

 Lake Arthur, near Maxwelltown. From 8.30 p.m. till about 3.30 

 a.m., numbers were seen and easily recognised by their large size 

 and swift gliding flight. Mr. R. Gray informs me that V. nattereri, 

 supposed to be new to Scotland, was this year discovered " in 

 dozens in the hole of a tree," and is " in plenty near Dalkeith." 



The Common Bat, V. pipistrettus, Geoffroy, is said to have all but 

 disappeared from the county of Elgin. Capt. Dunbar Brander 

 writes me that formerly he might have seen a dozen or so in a 

 week ; now, perhaps one in the same time. He thinks that the 

 disappearance of old houses, roofed with slabs of freestone, may 

 have something to do with the scarcity of the Bat. They cannot 

 so easily get in under the thin slates now used. 



BIKDS. 



WHITE TAILED EAGLE. 



Haliaetus albicilla (Lin. J. 

 Mr. Dewar, Remony, writes, " Every winter for this long time 

 back, when we get a strong east wind in Nov., Eagles and Rough- 

 legged Buzzards appear. In Nov. this year I saw four Eagles 



There is abundant room for a special annual report upon the deer-forests, 

 if any one would take it up. 



+ Identified by Mr. E. R. Alston. 



