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ledge of European Bats. Were it not for this reason, 

 it would have been desirable to restore the former term, 

 which is fovinded upon a marked distinctive character, 

 and the meaning of which we have still endeavoured to 

 convey in the English name now chosen for it. 



It was first discovered in Germany by Leisler, and is 

 described by Kuhl ; but I am not aware that it has ever 

 before been figured. The present representation was 

 taken from a specimen in the British Museum, the only 

 one known to have been found in this country when the 

 former edition of this work was published. Since that 

 time it has been taken in Ireland, in a cave by the Black- 

 stalF river, near Belfast. It was communicated to Dr. 

 Kinahan by Mr. Patterson, and we have received from 

 the former gentleman a full description, which leaves no 

 doubt of the identity of the species. The same accurate 

 observer has informed vis of the capture of another 

 specimen at Belvoir Park, Co. Down, several years since, 

 and now in his possession. We have seen a British- 

 killed specimen in the collection of Mr. F. Bond, and have 

 good reason for supposing that it has been taken in the 

 neighbourhood of Cirencester. These instances, added 

 to its not unfrequent appearance at vai'ious localities in 

 the course of the river Avon, in the counties of Warwick, 

 Worcester, and Gloucester, render it probable that it is 

 less rare than has hitherto been supposed. The following 

 notes of its habits, as observed in Warwickshire, will 

 not perhaps be considered unacceptable by our readers. 



Previously to 1849, a Bat had often been observed 

 which, from its smaller size and different mode of flight, 

 appeared to be quite distinct from the Noctule ; but it 

 was not until June of that year that an opportunity 

 occurred of examining a specimen ; the difficulty of 

 obtaining specimens arising not so much from its rarity 



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