LONG-EARED BAT 



left its greenwood fastness, so as to become an inhabitant 

 of the City of London, in the very heart of the great 

 Metropolis, but just recently a Long-Eared Bat (Fig 3) 

 was seen hawking near to the Mansion House, within 

 easy hail of Bow Bells. Londoners are often heard to 

 complain of their lack of opportunity for studying wild 

 life, but it is the old story of eyes and no eyes, for, as a 



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result of observations that have been made over a series 



of years, the actual census of London's fauna is not at 



all to be despised. Thus, Charles Dixon records no 



less than 133 different species of birds upon the London 



list, and we ourselves have seen a Greater ^Vhitethroat 



calmly pursuing its madcap joy quite close to the Pigeons 



at the Guildhall, the historic home of the City Fathers. 



That London is not, as is so often supposed, ''a wilder- 



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