172 DORSETSHIRE FAUNA. 



xi. Erinaceus. Urchin. 



22. Europceus. Hedge Urchin, G. W. 

 Order II. PRIMATES. 



xii. Rhinolophus. Horse-shoe. 



23. ferrum-equinum. Greater Horse-shoe. Hanging by one hinder 

 foot from the ceiling of an old house ! 



xiii. Vbspertilio. Bat. 



25. murium* Common Bat. G. W. 



29. noctula. Great Bat. G. W., &c. We once killed a dozen or 

 more over the porch of the door. 



36. auritus. Longeared Bat. I think I have seen this species in 

 Dorsetshire, and probably many others, in old churches, such as that at 

 Wimborne. 

 Order III. GLIRES. 



xiv. Sciurus. Squirrel. 



39. vulgaris. Common Squirrel. G. W., &c. ; also a variety with a 

 white tail ; sometimes found entirely black, 

 xv. Myoxus. Dormouse. 



• 40. avellanarius. Wood Dormouse. G. W., &c. 

 Xti. Mus. Mouse. 



42. messorius. Harvest Mouse. G. W., &c. Sometimes reddish. 



43. musculus. Common Mouse. G. W., &c. 



44. rattus. *Black Rat. I have heard that this animal was common 

 here formerly ; it is now nearly extinct, except in Lundy Isle, Devonshire, 

 where it is plentiful. 



45. decumanus. *Norway Rat. G. W., &c. Too well known, 

 xvii. Arvicola. Arvicule. 



46. amphibia. Water Arvicule. G. W. 



47. agrestis. Short-tailed Arvicule. Lulworth, Charmouth. 

 xix. Lepus. Hare. 



50. timidus. Common Hare. G. W. 



51. cuniculus. Rabbit. Too common. 



Class II. BlRDS.t 

 Order I. RAPTORES. Preyers. 



* These two species ought to have been separated, either genetically or snbgenerically, frorrt 

 the Mice. — Ed. 



+ The figures in parentheses refer to the Rev. F. 0. Morris's list ; the rest, as before, to Mr, 

 Jenyns's work. 



