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Mr. J. E. Harting has obligingly called Mr. Macpherson's 

 attention to interesting records published in his essay on Roe 

 Deer ; showing that the Roe must have been abundant in east 

 Cumberland in the reign of Charles I., to judge from the number 

 captured for the sovereign upon the Howards' estate at Naworth. 

 On this subject, further information is earnestly desired by the 

 Recorders. 



Mr. A. Smith's discovery of the Reddish-grey Bat, at Rockcliffe, 

 raises the number of species of Bats found in Cumberland to six. 

 Of these, the Pipistrelle occurs in great abundance, but the Long- 

 eared Bat is also numerous. 



The Whiskered Bat ( Vespertilio mystaciniis ), Daubenton's Bat 

 ( Vespertilio daubentonii), and the Barbastelle ( Barbastellus dauben- 

 tonii), were formerly obtained, at least in single instances, by the 

 collectors of the late Mr. T. C. Heysham, in the neighbourhood 

 of Carlisle. At the Heysham sale, the specimens in question 

 entered the collection of Mr. F. Bond, whose kindness enabled 

 Mr. Macpherson to examine them and take transcripts of their 

 labels. It is not known that the Barbastelle or Daubenton's Bat 

 have been obtained in Cumberland since Mr. Heysham's death ; 

 but in 1885 the Recorders had the pleasure of identifying a newly 

 captured example of the Whiskered Bat. 



The specimen in question was felled during an evening stroll 

 on the south bank of the Eden, by the stroke of a chance umbrella, 

 and was at once sent on to Mr. Macpherson, by James Fell. 



During the present year, it is confidently hoped that more 

 progress may be made in investigating the Mammals, and especially 

 the Bats, of Cumberland. The Recorders are most anxious to 

 receive examples of Bats (excepting the Long-eared and Pipistrelle) 

 from all parts of the county. Specimens should be sent alive, or 

 freshly killed, to the Rev. H. A. Macpherson, 3 Kensington 

 Gardens Square, W.; or to Mr. W. Duckworth, Za George 

 Street, Carlisle. 



All incidental expenses are gladly borne by the Recorders, 



