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are given after each, namely :—Dunbar and East Linton, in 
Haddingtonshire (G. Pow); Yester, Haddingtonshire (Bruce 
Campbell); Grant’s House, Berwickshire (Bruce Campbell) ; 
Stobo, Peeblesshire (J. Thomson); The Inch, Midlothian 
(T. Speedy) ; Dalmeny Park, Linlithgowshire (Bruce Camp- 
bell) ; Dunipace, Stirlingshire (J. A. Harvie-Brown) ; Broom- 
hall, Fifeshire (W. Lumley). 
With us the Pipistrelle’s usual period of activity is from 
April till late in October,’ but it may be seen on wing in mild 
weather in almost every month of the year. On New Year’s 
Day 1883, I noticed one flying briskly about Cramond church, 
and two were seen in Dalmeny Park on 28th January last. 
Occasionally, too, it may be observed abroad at midday. In 
June last I watched one for fully a quarter of an hour flying 
in the bright sunshine at Broomhall, near Dunfermline, and 
was much struck with its activity, and the facility with which 
it evaded stones and other missiles thrown at it. It would 
appear that it also occasionally travels a considerable dis- 
tance in search of food, for on 18th September 1884, while 
waiting for wild-fowl by the sandhills at the mouth of Aber- 
lady Bay, one flew round me several times. Some of the 
many examples that have passed through my hands have 
been decidedly paler than the ordinary form, while one or 
two have been almost black. Their flight, as observed in my 
room, is more rapid and erratic than that of the last species, 
and instead of alighting on the cornice or curtains in an 
inverted position, they settle with the head uppermost, and as 
a rule only invert themselves when about to take flight again, 
VESPERTILIO DAUBENTONI Leisl. DAUBENTON’S, OR THE 
WATER Bat. 
Our knowledge of the distribution of this species in the 
district is still imperfect, but enough is known to show that 
it is, at least locally, not uncommon. Under the name of 
V. marginatus, it was recorded from Fife so long ago as 1828 
by Fleming (“ British Animals,” p. 6). During the summer 
of 1869 I observed a number of Bats flitting over a still reach 
1 One was seen at Dalmeny on 7th Nov. 1891, and I saw one flying briskly 
near Morningside at noon on 23rd Dec. (a sunny and very frosty day). 
