BRITISH MAMMALS 



colour below. Those who are familiar with the life 

 and habits of the Common Pipistrclle already described, 

 will best appreciate the statement that the same observa- 

 tions hold good with regard to the species now being 

 considered. The situations frequented are quite as 

 varied as those of the better-known species, and to avoid 

 confusion, careful watch should be kept so as to learn 

 the way to distinguish one species from the other. 



Natterer's Bat. — The reddish-grey fur of this 

 species has resulted in the colour being perpetuated as a 

 second name for Natterer's Bat, though it is necessary to 

 point out that the under parts are replaced with whitish. 

 It is not by any means common, although of social 

 disposition, congregating in church-towers and other 

 buildings in large numbers. We have known of a colony 

 of three hundred being discovered under the roof of one 

 house, and when the whole of these animals were cap- 

 tured and placed in one large, open box, the effect of 

 a mass of writhing bodies can be more easily imagined 

 than described- Fortunately, it was not intended to 

 harm or do away with these interesting tenants of an 

 old country house, and after a series of observations 

 had been made concerning them, the Bats were given 

 thei- liberty at nightfall, when the shades of eve afforded 

 them protection and their appetites were ready to be 

 appeased. 



Long-Eared Bat— Bats, like their feathered fellow- 

 fliers, the birds, often occur in unexpected places. 



Thus, not only has the Ring Dove, or Wood Pigeon, 

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