82 OUTDOOR LIFE IN ENGLAND 



flies with a fluttering motion. Its fur is long, 

 fine, and silky, of a dusky brownish-gray above 

 and yellowish-gray beneath. Its voice is a low, 

 chirping squeak. 



These four are the only varieties which may be 

 said to be common in Britain, viz. : 



The noctule or great bat. 

 The greater horseshoe bat. 

 The common or pipistrelle bat. 

 The long-eared bat. 



Those less common and rare are as follows, viz. : 



The smaller horseshoe bat (rare, local). 



The barbastelle bat (rare). 



The whiskered bat (rare). 



The reddish-gray bat (rare). 



Daubenton's bat (rare). 



The notch-eared bat (very rare). 



The mouse-coloured bat (very rare). 



Bechstein's bat (very rare). 



The serotine bat (rare, very local). 



The hairy-armed bat (excessively rare). 



The parti-coloured bat (excessively rare). 



The following descriptions may suffice for the 

 purpose of identification : 



The barbastelle has been found in two or three 

 parts of England viz., in Devonshire, North- 

 amptonshire, Cambridgeshire, and Kent. It is 

 somewhat similar to the long-eared bat. The 

 fur on the head and back is of a brownish- black, 



