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also my brother sent me a specimen of Barhastellus communis, which he 

 shot at Horsham. It was flying only a few feet from the ground in the 

 sunshine in the afternoon. Three years ago I had sixty-two Noctules 

 brought me, which were taken from the hollow of an old elm in Preston 

 Park. Many of these lived for weeks feeding on flies and raw beef. — 

 C. W. Urazenor (Lewes Road, Brighton). 



Lesser Horse-shoe Bat in Herts and Kent. — The Lesser Horse-shoe 

 Bat is probably more generally distributed over the southern counties of 

 England than the data arranged by Mr. Kelsall might lead one to expect. 

 Last summer (1886) a fresh example was sent up from Plerts to Spalding, 

 of Netting Hill, and he told me at that time that he had previously 

 received one or two specimens from the neighbourhood of London. It has 

 also occurred in Kent, specimens having been both shot and caught alive 

 in the neighbourhood of Sevenoaks. — H, A. Macpherson. 



Lesser Horse-shoe Bat in Wales. — To the localities mentioned by 

 Mr. J. E. Kelsall for the occurrence of Bhbwlophus hipposkleros (p. 89) 

 I am pleased to be able to add North-West Merionethshire, where it occurs 

 sparingly in many places. I have also found it in Denbighshire in a cave 

 in the neighbourhood of St. Asaph. In Carnarvonshire I have reason to 

 believe it occurs, though as yet I have not obtained a specimen. Probably 

 this species will be found to be generally distributed in North Wales. — 

 G. H. Caton Hatgh (Aber-ia, Penrhyndendraeth, Merionethshire). 



Albino Specimen of the Short-tailed Field Vole.— I have seen a pure 

 white specimen of this little animal, which was taken here in February 

 last, and another was caught about the same time and on the same spot. 

 They both had pink eyes. — Henry Lamb (Maidstone). 



BIRDS. 



Distribution of the White-bellied Brent Goose. — In 'Tlie Zoologist' 

 for January (p. 29) the Rev. H. A. Macpherson asks for information as to 

 the distribution of the White-bellied Brent during its stay on our coasts. 

 The only Lincolnshire-killed Brent I have handled during the winter were 

 three, shot dining the last week in January on the edge of the "fitties" just 

 south of Tetney Haven, all three belonging to the white-bellied or Atlantic 

 type. The skin of one I have now added to my collection. Some years 

 since Col. Russell sent me a fine White-bellied Brent shot by himself on 

 the Essex coast, accompanied by some interesting and exhaustive notes as 

 to the two races and their comparative abundance and scarcity in various 

 years. — John Cordeaux (Great Cotes, Ulceby). 



[If Col. Russell has no objection to allow the notes above-mentioned to 

 appear in ' The Zoologist ' we have no doubt they would be acceptable 

 to many. — Ed.] 



