164 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
although he named it Vespertilio emarginatus, Geoffroy. Subse- 
quently Macgillivray met with it in Dumfriesshire (Nat. Libr. 
xxii. p. 95), and Robert Gray noted it in Kirkcudbright. One in 
the Glasgow University Museum was captured on Glasgow Green, 
as recorded by the late Edward Alston (Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. 
Glasgow, i. p. 203), who subsequently examined another, which 
had been taken in the West End Park, Glasgow. 
Thomas Edward, in his list of the Mammals of Banffshire, 
appended to Smiles’ ‘ Life of a Scotch Naturalist’ (p. 392), includes 
Daubenton’s Bat as one of the two species recognized by him in 
Banfishire, the- other being the Pipistrelle. A third species, 
“larger than either of the other two,” is mentioned as having been 
“met with in woods,” but not identified. It was most probably 
Plecotus auritus. 
Fleming, in his ‘ History of British Animals’ (p. 6), identified 
the Vespertilio auriculatus of Walker’s ‘ Fauna Scotica’* with the 
Noctule; but, as pointed out by Alston, the description agrees 
much better with V. daubentonie. 
As regards Ireland, Bell states that the occurrence of 
Daubenton’s Bat in two localities has been established, namely, 
in Donegal and Kildare (Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Dublin, i. 
p. 154), but he has omitted to notice the specimen mentioned by 
Thompson (Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv. p. 2) as having been obtained 
by the Ordnance collectors in the Co. Londonderry, and deter- 
mined by Mr. Jenyns (now Blomefield). Since that date, 
probably, it may have been recognized in other parts of Ireland, 
and it would be satisfactory to receive information on this point. 
The difficulty of identifying any uncommon species of Bat 
was at one time considerable, owing to the want of properly 
authenticated specimens for comparison, and the absence of pub- 
lished descriptions which indicated distinctive characters with 
sufficient clearness. Now things are different. Specimens 
properly named may be found in most museums; and the 
publication of Mr. Dobson’s excellent ‘ Catalogue of the Chiroptera 
in the Collection of the British Museum’ has furnished students 
of Zoology with a reliable guide for the determination of any 
species they are likely to meet with. 
Turning to the Analytical Table, or Synopsis, of the species 
* Published in his ‘ Essays on Natural History,’ p. 472. 
