l82 



VESPERTILIONID^— MYOTIS 



Note: — The above measurements, except where otherwise stated, were taken from specimens in alcohol. 



This species, to which the inappropriate name of Reddish- 

 grey was applied, it is believed, in the first instance by Bell, was 

 described by Kuhl in 1818, and by him named after the 

 Austrian naturalist, Natterer. In Britain it was recognised by 

 Jenyns (who gave it a place in his Mamtal), by Yarrell,^ William 

 Thompson of Belfast, and Bell, but it for long retained the 

 reputation of being, if not of unfrequent, at least of purely local 

 occurrence. It is now known to be widely distributed in some 

 numbers throughout the greater part of England, having been 

 found in almost every district where bats have been the subject of 

 expert study. 



* In Jenyns. 



