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at Leisliley, the property of Mr. March Phillips, each of which 

 weighed twenty-five pounds. I saw one weighing twenty-six 

 pounds, which was captured in April, 1869, in Bosworth Pool. 

 The MS. Donation Book at the Leicester Museum records, 

 August 20th, 1872, the capture of one at Barrow-on-Soar, which 

 weighed seventeen pounds and three-quarters, and measured 

 three feet six inches in length. It was presented to the Museum 

 by Mr. Noble, of Barrow. 



Fam. Salmonid^. 



Salmo salar, Linn. Salmon. — Harley writes, " Found com- 

 monly in the Trent and Derwent at their confluence ; in the 

 Soar about Kegworth, and near Loughborough." At present, 

 however, it must be regarded as rare, although I heard of one 

 taken at Eatcliffe Lock, in 1883, which was said to have weighed 

 twenty-six pounds. 



Salmo fario, Linn. Common Trout; "Brook Trout." — 

 Sparingly distributed in the county. At Bradgate, where it is 

 strictly j)reserved, it is abundant, and attains a good size. 



Thymallus vulgaris, Nilss. Grayling. — " Appears to be 

 limited to the Soar and its confluence with the Trent." — Harley. 



Fam. MuR^NiD^. 

 Anguilla vulgaris, Flem., Eel; and A. latirostris, Broad- 

 nosed Eel. Both commonly distributed. 



Fam. PETROMYZONTIDiE. 



Petromyzon fliwiatilis, Linn., Lampern, " River Lamprey" ; 

 and P. branchiaUs, Linn., Small Lampern, " Pride." Both 

 sparingly found in some of the streams of the county. 



A FEW WORDS ON EUROPEAN BATS. 

 By thi<; Rt. Hon. Lord Lh.ford, F.Z S. 



Prompted by your remarks in the last number of ' The 

 Zoologist,' and by the excellent plate of the Greater Horse-shoe 

 Bat, I venture to offer to your readers a few notes on those 

 species of the order Cheiroptera which I have met with in the 

 European region. I may mention that I took up the study of 

 Bats in the summer of 1870, and in a few days discovered that 



