266 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



collection of small Mammals, from the Inner Hebrides, by 

 Major Barrett-Hamilton and Mr Martin A. C. Hinton, 1 

 and of one from the Orkneys, by Mr Hinton, 2 bespeaks con- 

 siderable alterations on the list. 



INSECTIVORA. 



Talpa europ^ea, Linn. ; The Mole. No subspecies are recognised 



in the Catalogue. 

 Sorex araneus castaneus, Jenyns ; British Common Shrew. 



Eight extra-British subspecies of S. araneus, L., are also 



recognised. 

 Sorex minutus minutus, Linn. ; Pigmy or Lesser Shrew. 



Besides this the typical form there is another race on the 



Continent. 

 Neomys fodiens bicolor, Shaw ; British Water-Shrew. Only 



the typical form {fodiens, Schreb.) is known on the 



Continent. 

 Erinaceus europjEUS europ^eus, Linn. ; The Hedgehog. E. e. 



occidentalism Barr.-Ham. (based on a Haddingtonshire specimen), 



is included in the synonymy of this, the typical European form. 



Three extra-British subspecies are defined. 



CHIROPTERA. 



Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum insulanus, Barr.-Ham. ; British 

 Greater Horse-shoe Bat. Two subspecies, the other being 

 the typical or Continental form. This species does not occur 

 in Scotland. 



Rhinolophus hipposideros minutus, Montagu ; British Lesser 

 Horse-shoe Bat. May have occurred in Scotland, but no 

 proof exists. Two extra-British subspecies are given. 



The rest of the Bats occurring in the British Isles are as yet 

 unburdened with subspecific nomenclature. They are : 



Myotis mystacinus, Kuhl ; Whiskered Bat. 

 Myotis nattereri, Kuhl ; Natterer's Bat. 



Myotis bechsteinii, Kuhl; Bechstein's Bat. This docs not 

 occur in Scotland. 



1 Proc. Zool. Soc, London, Sept. 19 13, p. 821 ; and Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist, Oct. 1913, p. 361. 



2 Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Nov. 1913, p. 452. 



