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found in some numbers along the valley of the River Avon 

 in Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire (Tomes, 

 xvii.), rarely in Yorkshire (Clarke and Roebuck, xxvi., 

 Charbonnier, xxv.), and once in Cheshire (Coward, xxvii.). It 

 has been recorded from Norfolk (Paine, xxx.), but the 

 identification of the species has been questioned (see Halting, 

 xxviii). 



In Ireland, as can be seen hy the map which accompanies 

 this paper, the Hairy-armed Bat is common in the north-east, 

 and is not recorded elsewhere. The references are from 

 Jameson's paper (x.), and a note by C. B. Moffat (xxix.). 

 Whether it is really absent from the districts where it has 

 not been observed is a question I am unable to answer. 1 



In conclusion, I have much pleasure in expressing my 

 obligations to Mr. R. M. Barrington, who most kindly placed 

 his valuable MSS. at my disposal, to the officials of the 

 Science and Art Museum, Dublin, to Mr. De Winton, of the 

 British Museum, to Dr. E. B. Knox, and to Mr. Byrne, of the 

 Brewery, Bray, for their very kind assistance in man}' ways, 

 and to whom I feel deeply indebted. 



Authors Quoted. 

 See also pp. 35-6 and p. 57, supra. 

 XXV.— Charbonnier, H. — (Hairy-armed Bat in Yorkshire). Zool. (3) 

 xvi., 1S92, p. 329. [The identification has been questioned, 

 but Mr. Charbonnier has sent me two of the specimens 

 captured on this occasion ; they are undoubtedly V. 

 Leisleri. ] 

 XXVI. — Cearke and Roebuck. Vert, fauna of Yorkshire, 1881. 

 (Hairy-armed Bat in Yorkshire). 

 XXVII.— Coward, T. A. (Hairy-armed Bat in Cheshire.) Zool. (4) iii., 



1899, p. 266. 

 XXVIII.— HarTing, J. E. Remarks on British Bats. Zool. (3) xi., 1S87, 

 p. 161, et seq. 

 XXIX.— Moffat, C. B. (Hairy-armed Bat in Westmeath). /. Nat., 

 vi., 1897, p. 135. 

 XXX.— Paine. Ann. Nat. Hist., ii. (1S39), p. 181 (Hairy-armed Bat 

 in Norfolk). 

 Brackna Lodge, Merrion, 

 Co. Dublin. 



1 While this paper is in the press, I have seen a male l^cspcntgo Leisleri 

 shot at Culmore, near Londonderry, by Mr. C. W. Buckle on July 20th, 

 1S99. The specimen is in the Science and Art Museum, Dublin. 



