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specimens of the very interesting, and by no means common 

 Barbastelle {B. barhestellns). They had been caught by him 

 at Feversham (Cambs.), on the 17th of May, igio, where he 

 found them resting inside an old shed, much frequented by 

 Long-eared bats. They were hanging side by side on the wall, 

 almost, but not quite touching one another. Mr. Turner 

 kept these bats alive for a short time, but being unable to 

 get them to take food in captivity, he was obliged to kill them. 

 Before doing so, however, he obtained the two excellent 

 photographs of one of them, shown on Plate X\TI., figs. 

 2 and 3, which he has very kindly given me permission to have 

 reproduced here. Although not hitherto recorded for York- 

 shire, there is no reason to suppose that this rare bat may not 

 yet be found in our county, for, though generally looked upon 

 as a south-country species, it has nevertheless been taken as 

 far north as Carlisle. 



On Plate XVH., figs, i and 2, are shewn two photographs 

 of Natterer's bat [M. natteveri), and also two views of a Noctule 

 bat [P. noctula), figs. 5 and 6. The latter shews the bat in 

 the same position as No. 5, but snarling because it has been 

 touched. These pictures were taken by Mr. Riley Fortune, 

 of Harrogate, from my specimens. 



The Annual Report of the Spalding Gentlemen's Society for 1909 

 (4 pp.), includes a list of donations to the Museum and Library, many of 

 which are of great local interest. We notice that the donations to the 

 Society's Building Fund now nearly reach ;^i200 — a very creditable amount. 



The Huddersfield Naturalist and Photographic Society's Annual Report 

 for 1909-10 (8 pp.), includes ' Sectional Reports' as follows : — ' Orni- 

 thology,' by ]Mr. E. Fisher ; ' Entomology,' hy Mr. C. Mosley ' ; ' Phanero- 

 gamic Botany,' by Mr. \\'. E. E. Wattam ; and ' Cryptogamic Botany,' 

 by Mr. J. W. H. Johnson. The Society is fortvmate in having over £20 

 in hand, notwithstanding the fact that there has been a ' loss on the year's 

 working ' of over £^. 



We have received the neatly-printed ' Proceedings of the Holmesdale 

 Natural History Club for the years 1906-7 (Reigate, 1910, 88 pp.). In 

 addition to the reports of meetings, list of members, etc., there are some 

 papers of general interest. Mr. A. B. Gough writes on ' The Primitive 

 Savage in Early Art and Tradition ' ; Mr. E. S. Salmon, on ' The Economic 

 Aspect of Fungus Diseases ' ; j\Ir. E. Dukinfield-Jones, on ' Some 

 Methods of Protection and Defence in Caterpillars ' ; The Rev. E. W^ 

 Bowell on ' The Developement [sic] of Conchology.' Presumably this is 

 the first printed report of this society, though there is nothing to indicate 

 whether anything has been printed previously. As, from page 18, we 

 gather that the society was in existence in 1859, it would have been interest- 

 ing if a brief history had been given in this publication. 



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