Contribution to Vertebrate Fauna of West Ross-shire. 391 
British Association Committee on the Migration of Birds, 
were furnished with returns from the lighthouse on South 
Rona, situated off the coast of West Ross, and midway 
between its shores and those of the Isle of Skye, and the 
data supplied make it quite evident that little or no migra- 
tion occurs there. 
The avifauna of the districts, as known to us, may be 
summarised as follows :— 
Residents, . 72 ) Breeding 
Summer visitants, . 19 § species. 
Winter visitants, : 23 
Visitors on migration, ; 3 
Casuals, : 4 : iT 
Hypothetical, 4 
Total avifauna, » £32 
MAMMALIA. 
Vespertilio pipistrellus (Schreb.). PIPISTRELLE. 
Fairly common in wooded districts. This is the only 
species of Bat that has been identified. 
Erinaceus europeus, Zinn. HEDGEHOG. 
A Hedgehog was killed at Fasag, at the head of Loch 
Torridon, in the winter of 1891, and was supposed to have 
come from Achnasheen, where they occur sparingly. Not 
known in Dundonnell or Applecross. 
Talpa europea, Zinn. MOLE. 
Generally abundant. First appeared in Applecross about 
the year 1842, and is now very numerous there. Found 
high up on green spots in the hills, Dundonnell. 
Sorex tetragonurus, Herman. COMMON SHREW. 
Sorex minutus, Zinn. LESSER SHREW. 
One specimen obtained at Ob Meallaidh, Shieldaig, in 1892. 
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