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Order I. — Chiroptera. 



Family : Vespertilionidae. 



1. Long-eared Bat. Plecotiis auritus (Lin.). — Not so common 

 as in the south of Scotland, but occasionally met with. More of 

 a country than a town species. 



2. Common Bat. Vesperugo pipistrdlus (Schreber). Not so 

 common as they used to be. 



3. Daubenton's Bat. Vespertilio Daubentoni, Leisler. Quite 

 familiar to Thomas Edward, of Banff, who says that he would 

 rather call it the Water Bat from its habits. It is the only Bat 

 he ever saw skim the water when catering for food, like the swallow. 

 It was first correctly identified as a Scottish species by Mr. William 

 Macgillivray, who took it in Aberdeen Cathedral in 1840,* and 

 John Macgillivray captured eighty individuals in two clusters in 

 the same building, f The capture of this Bat has been reported 

 several times from other parts of Aberdeenshire. Specimens, 

 which were not collected near Aberdeen, were deposited in the 

 British Museum by Mr. John Macgillivray. One was taken in 

 1861 in the church of Peterculter, some distance up Deeside 

 from Aberdeen. | 



Order II. — Insectivora. 

 Family: Erinaceidae. 



4. Hedgehog. Erinaceus europaeus, Lin. — The Hedgehog is 

 increasing rapidly in Buchan, where it was quite unknown fifty 

 years ago. 



Family: Talpidae. 



5. Mole. Talpa europaea, Lin. — Like the Hedgehog, the Mole 

 has increased in numbers during the last few years, and this is all 

 the more to be wondered at, considering the endless war raged 

 against it by farmers. White specimens sometimes seen. Local 

 name Moudiewort. 



Family: Soricidae. 



6. Common Shrew. Sorex tetragonurus, Herm. Bather common. 

 Local name Throw Mouse. Mr. Edward says, in a letter to Mr. 

 Duncan, gamekeeper, Brucklay Castle, that in his opinion the 



* Edin. Phil. Joum.) vol. xxxi., p. 205. 

 + Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. , vol. viii. , p. 230. 

 t " Bell's British Quadrupeds," 2nd ed., p. 64. 



