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shells, of the island shows a decided preponderance of European 

 types ; the only suggestion of a ISTorth- African relationship being 

 found in the Wild Cat and perhaps the Spiny Mouse. 



J should like to take this opportunity to express my thanks to 

 Mr. Oldfield Thomas, who has again most courteously given me 

 every facility for working out my collection in his depai'tment of 

 the British Museum (Natural History). 



List of S2)ecies. 



1. Rhinolophus ferrum-equixum )Schreb. 



In the lattei- part of March three large Horseshoe Bats were 

 secured in a cave close to the sea, on the north-west coast of the 

 island. 



2. Rhixolophus htpposideros Bechst. 



Only one specimen of this Bat was obtained, from a cave in the 

 hills south of Khania. l^either this nor the above mentioned 

 species appears to have been previously recorded from Crete. 



3. M\'OTis MYOTis (Bechst.). 



When visiting the exti-aordinary underground quarry known 

 as the Labyrinth, near Haghia Dekka in the south of the island, 

 one of the galleries was fou.nd to be tenanted by hundreds of 

 Bats belonging to this species. They were hanging from the 

 roof in large clusters and became very noisy when appr-oached. 

 Four specimens were preserved, and these appear to be somewhat 

 smaller than examples from the Continent. These underground 

 galleries have evidently been inhabited by this species of Bat for 

 many hundreds of years ; their occui'rence in the " Labyrinth " 

 was noticed by Tournefort as early as about 1700*. 



4. MiNIOPTERUS sohreibersi (Natt.). 



Two examples of this species were also procured, and several 

 othei^s observed, in the so-called Labyrinth. These, howevei-, 

 occurred singly, and in galleries other than those occupied by 

 Myotis inyotis. 



5. Erinaceus europ^us nesiotes, subsp. n. 



On comjparing the three specimens obtained of the Cretan 

 Hedgehog, these were found to differ from all the forms of 

 E. europceiis rep)resented in the British Museum collection ; 

 therefore this island race may be given subspecific rank. 



In external characters it seems to most closely resemble 

 £J. e. italicus Barr.-Ham. t, from which it may be distinguished 

 by its slightly smaller size, dingy appearance, and the lighter 



* See Raulin, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 1033. 



+ Auu. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. v. April 1900, p. 364. 



