ope Grabham : Yorkshire Bats. 
the Bat than in any other species, and in adult specimens the 
colour of the back is a dark chocolate brown. Bell states that 
‘the wing membranes extend only to the distal extremity of the 
the tibia, leaving the foot free,’ but this I find to be a varying — 
quantity, and not to be always relied on. 
Mr. Roebuck informs me that the first Yorkshire example of 
this species was one which was sent to Mr. Clarke and himself 
in 1891 by Mr. Basil Carter, who shot it flying over the Yore at 
Masham, toth August of that year. This is the only Yorkshire 
_ Specimen he has seen. It was recorded in ‘ The Naturalist’ for 
September 1891, p. 275. 
6. equities mystacinus. The Whiskered Bat. For 
my own part I cannot see that it is more whiskered than some 
of its confréres. It is a small Bat, and only likely to be 
are. t has 
Clitheroe, near Scarborough, and | have taken it at Flaxton, in 
the streets of York, where it ite against a policeman’s helmet, 
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flitting about with a butterfly flight, amongst the foliage of 
trees, and between tall hedges in a narrow lane. 
So far as his experience goes, Mr. Roebuck considers this a 
common and widely distributed Bat. He has had it from many — 
places, Pateley Bridge, Masham, Goathland, Ingleby Greenhow, 
Warsill Grassington, Pocklington, Washburn Valley, etc. 
7. Plecotus auritus. The Long-eared Bat. This Bat 
behind a shutter, and one of them was only about half grown. 
Wards, as all Bats do when at rest, the long ears are folded 
bac This ae is easily tamed, and does not appear to 
object to captivi 
» Rhi sap nees hipposideros. Lesser Horse-Shoe Bat. 
So euiicd from the peculiar nasal appendage, the anterior see 
of which is something like a horse-shoe in shape. This 
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is easily recognised from the rest of our British species by its 1a 
enormous ears. It is comimon, but not abundant. It generally a 
_uses old buildings as a resting place, but I once took three from 
It was nearly pure white beneath. When hanging head down- 
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