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2. “Description of Vespertilio Daubentonii, from specimens 
found in Aberdeenshire,” by W. Macgillivray, A.M., &c, 
Pp. 255-259. 
In Dr. Macgillivray’s works on British Ornithology we find 
scattered observations on the birds of Aberdeenshire. 
In the Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Vol. IX.), 
1843, appears a ~ Catalogue of the Marine Zoophytes of the 
Neighbourhood of Aberdeen,” by John Magegillivray, Esq. Pp. 
462-469. 1n this paper are enumerated (with remarks on some) 
the species of Hydroid Zoophytes (32), of Bryozoa (28), and of 
Polypi, met with by the author, “ either during 3 days’ examina- 
tion of the detritus thrown upon the beach at Donmouth after 
a storm in October, 1841, or as the result of a diligent and 
almost daily search during the first fortnight in February, 1842, 
among the objects brought up from deep water by the lines of 
the Footdee fishermen ”. 
In 1843 also appeared the first work entirely devoted to any 
branch of Zoology in this part of Scotland, viz., A History of the 
Molluscous Animals of the Counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine, 
and Banff, “to which is appended an account of the cirripedal 
animals of the same district,” by William Macgillivray, A.M., &c. 
In this work the Foraminifera also are included under the head 
of Cephalopoda. Though there are not a few errors in nomencla- 
ture, and too great tendency to giving names as new species 
to whatever species the author could not find described im the 
works accessible to him; yet the addition to the information 
accessible at the time on Scottish mollusca was. very great, 
and even astonishing, if we take into account the short time. 
spent (22 months) in making the collections, and the difficulties 
encountered in working out the names with the very inadequate 
means at his disposal. 
In vols. XX XVII. (pp. 383-92) and XXXVIIL. (pp. 43-50) of 
the New Philosophical Journal, we find a paper entitled, “On 
the Mammalia of the Counties of Aberdeen, Banff, and 
Kincardine,” by William Macgillivray, AM. It begins with 
a short account of the physical features of these counties, 
followed by full and minute descriptions of the animals 
mentioned in it, with notes on their habitats, habits, &. The 
following species are mentioned in it :— 
Plecotus auritus—In Old Machar Cathedral and elsewhere. 
Vespertitio Daubentonii—Abundant about Old Aberdeen. 
Pr pipistrellus—Once at Corby Den, also at Peterhead 
and at Banff. 
Erinaceus Europaeus—Rare twenty years before; abundant at 
date of writing, especially along the Dee. First 
appeared in St. Fergus about 1834 
Sorex tetragonurus (Thraw-mouse)—Common and general. 
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