38 The Irish NaUiraiist. [Feb., 



Co. Kerry. — Thompson tells us that " Mr. F. J. Neligan is of opinion 

 that the Long-eared Bat is more common than the Pipistrelle in Co. 

 Kerry." A specimen was taken at Teraght Ivight-house, nine miles off 

 the coast, on November lytli, 1891, and sent to Mr. Barrington. 



Co. TiPPERARY. — Mr. H. J. Charbonnier, of Bristol, informs me that he 

 received a specimen from Carrick-on-Suir in September, 1893. 



Co. IviMERiCK. — Mr. Barrett-Hamilton has received records of this 

 species from Limerick. 



Co. GaIvWAY. — Hon. R. K. Dillon tells me that the Long-eared Bat 

 occurs at Clonbrock. 



Co. Mayo. — Ballina; '• not common " (Mr. R. Warren). 



GenERAT^. — It may be worth noting that there is a buff-coloured 

 individual of this species in the Science and Art Museum, Dublin, 

 labelled "Ireland." It is strange that in the "Guide to Belfast and 

 adjoining Counties," published by the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 

 this bat is merely recorded as "having been observed" in that district, 

 " but the Pipistrelle alone is common." 



The partiality of this species for the roofs of churches should make it 

 a matter of comparative simplicity to determine its exact range in 

 Ireland. I have also found it in a hole in an old building, about four 

 feet from the ground, and Mr. Knight took it in the caves at Bohoe. 



I am familiar with the Long-eared Bat on the wing at night, and have 

 usually found it flying low down along hedge-rows or in old country 

 lanes with high hedges on either side. Early in the evening it can often 

 be identified on the wing, owing to its immense ears. 



VespertlUo mystaclnus, Leisler. 

 Whiskered Bat. 



Co. Fermanagh. — A specimen was killed in Bohoe rectory on July 

 loth, 1895, by Rev. A. Knight (see my paper /. Nat.^ April, 1896). This 

 specimen is now in the Science and Art Museum, Dublin. 



Another was sent to me from Bellisle, Lisbellaw, by Mr. B. Porter, in 

 August, 1896. This specimen was captured in a room, and is now in my 

 collection. 



Mr. Charles Langham records a specimen captured at Tempo Manor 

 in June, iS<)6.— {Zoologist, 1896, p. 350.) 



Co. Louth. — I have twice taken this species at Killencoole, where I 

 have reason to believe it is not uncommon ; both specimens were captured 

 in the summer of 1894 ; the first I knocked down with a carriage-whip, 

 when on the wing, the second I captured a few days later in the roof of 

 an outhouse. I have also received a young specimen from Braganstown, 

 found clinging to the wall of the house by Mr. W. Garstin. It is much 

 more darkly coloured than the adult specimens. These three specimens 

 are in my collection. 



Co. Ci,ARE. — The first Irish record of this species is by Kinahan ; a 

 specimen was brought to him by a cat, at Feakle, Co. Clare. This speci- 

 men, first recorded as V. Daubcntonii and exhibited as such before the 



