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the view 
mammals € ound eae an ee of about 650 ft. 
am sea- Teel The traps I vse were of the ‘ Cyclone’ pattern, which is certainly 
the most effective I have ever see It isa Gentes n patent, sold at fourpence, 
and entirely of metal, age ota flat bak ttom-plate, to which are attached 
a couple of powerful springs which act instantan eously, and mercifully kill te 
animal on the spot without damaging it for preservation. The bait I I used wa 
d aniseed, which small mammals seem not to be able to resist. The 
y 
we secured the little an s by sc The animal of w we secured 
greatest as we Lake Common Shrew. (Sorex ftragonirt. . had hoped to get 
the Lesser S ssful. a ns numerous specie re ue ths 
that I sie tee an example of this species, a very fine old male. us, the 
existence of these five pene . esta bine © on satisfactory evidence, although the 
actual sue nets raps must not be too rashly assumed to represent 
their sa pra tive abun dance’ in the district. aw. DENISON ROFBUCK, Sunny Bank, 
gust 30th, 1 
ong tailed vieMs pies near Alford, Lincs.—On Feb. 13th, 1886, 
ceiv: ee ae on two Mus sylvaticus, the least-damaged of four 
squeezed to death by Si weight md plo ae which had cut into their winter-nest 
igsby.—W. on ROE 
ute anti - Sunshine —I, o doubt many others, mi remember 
the 13th inst. as one of the most glorious ia of the year ; I was t from early 
Morning until late at night, sai during the whole time I cae ? Think. [: saw a single 
cloud. The sun was intensely hot, and on crossing the harfe near Pool, about 
half-past ten in the morning, I was very much surprised to see a large bat flying 
up and down the river in the brilliant sunshine. It feqnently flew within a few 
yards of me, and I had no a recognising it as a Noctule ( Vesperugo 
noctula}. It was hawking for insec company with Martins and Sa nd-Martins, 
and although ae so swift as these birds, its flight was much more rapid than I had 
thought when seeing a 
martins di p to understand their strange compan 
frequently darted towards it, but not, I should imagine, with any hostile ficalibe: 
alth each manceuvre of th tins the Noctule executed a rapid cha of 
direction, as igh it did n e near approach of its feathered 
ho 
companions as indicative of friendship. 
I frequently saw it drop a foot or two in the air, and on one occasion, when it 
took a large fly within twenty feet of me, it must have dropped quite a yard. Of 
ry high, 
e here mentioned confined itself to within a few yards of the water, excepting 
when it rose for the purpose of crossing the bg Of course its action in this 
respect will be influenced by the position of its pre 
_ Ihave more than once seen the ae goa fly in early twilight, but never before 
in bright sunshine defore noon. Unlike the Owls, it would appear as bey oho the 
Rectule was as canis 8 of using its ais eo the sunshine as any ordin 
nimal.—Epcar R. WAITE, The Museum, Leeds, Sept. 21st, 1 Bat. 
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Oct. 189r. 
