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show. Hitherto we have met with no record of its 

 occurrence in Scotland, but in Irehand, according to Dr. 

 Kinahan and Prof. M'Coy, it has been taken in a rugged 

 mountain pass between the counties of Dublin and 

 Wicklow. It appears in Germany, but is probably not 

 very connnon, since it is not included in a list kindly 

 made out by our friend Dr. Albert Gtiathcr, the well- 

 known ichthyologist. In Belgium, according to Baron 

 De Selys Longchamps, it is less abundant than its con- 

 geners, but has been taken in the vicinity of Brussels, 

 and at Maestricht. It is stated also to be a rare species by 

 M. HoUandre, who met with it in the holes of trees in 

 the neighbourhood of Metz. Prof. Brandt includes it 

 in his work on the Mammalia of Russia, and it is also 

 mentioned by Dr. Eversman as an inhabitant of the 

 region of the Ural Mountains. We have received 

 specimens from Warsaw, and find it given as a Scandi- 

 navian species by M. Nilsson. In the more southern 

 parts of Europe, it is said to appear on the Adriatic and 

 Mediterranean shores. The Vespertilio emarginatiis of 

 Prince Lucien Bonaparte, figured in his fine work on 

 the Fauna of Italy, has been supposed by Prof. Blasius 

 to be identical with the Vespertilio Natterei'i ; as, how- 

 ever, we have been able to make a direct comparison 

 of the original specimen with those described by M. 

 Geoffroy St. Hilaire, we are justified in stating that this 

 is an error. 



The head of this Bat is smaller in proportion than 

 that of most others; the muzzle narrowed, projecting 

 beyond the lower jaw, and naked at the extremity; the 

 face is hairy, some of the hairs very long, scattered, 

 and projecting in a sort of thin moustache over the lip ; 

 there is a prominent sebaceous gland on each side of the 

 face above the lip. Nostrils oval, with tumid margins, 



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