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statement, which forms part of the original description, that he 

 received from Alexander Brogniart a single specimen taken 

 '' sur sa route'' near Dover. From this scanty information 

 he concluded that the species must be ^' assez commune en 

 A^tgleterreT 



Many naturalists have expressed conflicting opinions as to 

 this bat, which is found so near Britain that its occurrence 

 within our boundaries would not appear to be very unlikely. 

 De Selys^ appears to have been the first to accept it as a 

 distinct species allied to M. nattereri, and R. F. Tomes,^ 

 although he believed that Geoffrey's type-specimen was a 

 M. mystaciuMs, after examination of specimens in continental 

 museums, pointed out that it was a form quite different from 

 anything British. 



This bat, which ranges at least as far east as Hungary, 

 combines an ear even more fully notched than that of M. 

 mystacinuSy with a narrow interfemoral membrane, its posterior 

 border ciliated but less thickly so than in M. nattereri. The 

 forearm measures about 40 mm., the foot about 9 mm. 

 The middle upper premolar is exceptionally small and slender, 

 and scarcely rises above the flesh in which it is imbedded.] 



[THE MOUSE-EARED BAT. 



MYOTIS MY sons (Bechstein). 



The Mouse-eared Bat was hesitatingly included by Bell in 

 the British fauna on the strength of specimens supposed to 

 have been taken in the gardens of the British Museum. 

 Since then it has been occasionally reported from other 

 localities, including, as collected by Mr J. E. Harting,^ Sher- 

 borne, Dorset (C. W. Dale), Epping (F. Doubleday), Fresh- 

 water, Isle of Wight (Hadfield), and Ireland (Blake Knox): 

 no doubt Mr Harting's expression of misgiving as to the 

 correct determination of the species was not over-cautious. 



All the above records are of little, if any, value, and that 

 for the Isle of Wight was expressly contradicted by A. G. 



' Faune Beige, 1842, 20. - Zoologist, 1856, 4938-4939. 



^ Ibid., 1887, 161-162, footnote. 



