398 A CORNISH FAUNA. 



Greateb Horse-shoe Bat. — Rhinolophus ferrum-eqinum. 



Jenyns, p 19 ; Bell, p 18, 2ncl ed., p 89 ; Blasius, p 31 ; Clermont, p 4. 

 Much, rarer in Cornwall than the smaller species next to be 

 mentioned. In Devonshire the reverse is the case. 



Lesser Horse-shoe Bat. — Rhinolophus hipposideros. 



Jenyns, p 20 ; Bell, p 28, 2nd ed., p 96 ; Blasius, p 29 ; Clermont, p 4. 

 Common in some localities. " In the neighbourhood of Tre- 

 lawny house this species abounds, almost to the exclusion of 

 every other." Falmouth, Dr. Bullmore. 



• IN8ECTIV0RA. (Insect Eaters.) 



Hedgehog. — Erinaceus Europoeus. 



Jenyns, p 19 ; Bell, p 76, 2nd ed., p 102 ; Blasius, p 152 ; Clermont, p 46. 



Called in some place in Cornwall the Hedge Boar and Sow. 



" The female is of a much more timid character than the male, 



and in captivity has been known to devour her own young." 



Common. 



Mole. — Talpa Europcea. 



Jenyns, p 17 ; Bell, p 85, 2nd ed., p 115 ; Blasius, p 109 ; Clermont, p 48. 

 "In Cornwall generally the Want. Moel, in Welsh, signifies a 

 little hill, and a moel implies a small tumour, but mo^ild also 

 means the earth or soil, and mould-warp, another name of the 

 animal, implies one that bends or works the soil. The Want is 

 one that disappears, as to want is to be absent, to disappear." 

 Common. A mole catcher, in six winter months, took twelve 

 hundred moles in the county. 



Common Shrew. — Sorex Vulgaris. 



Jenyns, p 17 ; Bell, p 109, 2nd ed., p 141 ; Blasius, p 129 ; Clermont, p 37. 

 Common. 



Lesser Shrew. — Sorex pygmceus. 



Bell, 2nd ed., p 148a ; Blasius, p 133 ; Clermont, p 38. 

 This species, although not hitherto recorded as occurring in 

 Cornwall, will be probably found there, as it is generally distri- 

 buted throughout the country. 



AVater Shrew. — Sorex fodiens. 



Jenyns, p 18 ; Bell, p 155, 2nd ed., p 149 ; Blasius, p 120 ; Clermont, p 40. 



Common. S. remifer is a permanent variety of this species. 



