ANIMALTA. 



Sub-Kingdom VERTEBRATA. 

 Class 1— MAMMALIA. 



Order CHEIROPTERA— BATS. 

 Fmnlhj VESPERTILIONIDtE. 

 Gmm VESPEETILIO. 



VeSPERTILIO NoCTULA NOCTULE. 



Mr. Mather, taxidermist, of Williamson -square, remembers having stuffed 

 specimens, taken from Birkenhead Abbey, man3- jears ago, before the addi- 

 tional building ; once or twice also from other localities. If now in the 

 neighboui'hood it is very scarce. 

 Vespertilio Pipistrellus. Common Bat, Flitter-mouse, Pipistrelle. 

 The most common bat of the district. A li\'ing specimen was given to me so 

 late in the year as the month of December, 1852. 

 Vespertilio Daubentonii. Daubenton's Bat. 



Taken by Mr. Nicholas Cooke from a hollow tree in Delamere Forest. He 

 was out with a party of entomologists, and caught nine out of two or three 

 dozen, which were disturbed in their lurldng place. A specimen was sent 

 to the British Museum, and there named. 



Qenm PLECOTUS. 

 Pr,EcoTus AuRiTus. Loiig-eareil Bat. 



Almost eqnally common duiing the warm montlis. 



Family RHINOLOPHID^. 

 Gmm RHINOLOPHUS. 

 RHiNOLOPiirs iiipPOsiDEUOs. Lesser liorse-shoe bat. 

 f)nc from Storeton quarry, stutl'ed by Mr. Mather, 20 years ago. 



