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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  NOTES 
  AND 
  QUERIES. 
  

  

  MAMMALIA. 
  

  

  Barbastelle 
  in 
  Wales. 
  — 
  On 
  June 
  13th 
  I 
  received, 
  from 
  the 
  Rev. 
  D. 
  

   Edmondes 
  Owen, 
  two 
  Bats 
  for 
  identification, 
  which 
  I 
  was 
  surprised 
  to 
  

   find 
  were 
  the 
  Barbastelle 
  [Synotus 
  barbastellus). 
  They 
  were 
  obtained 
  

   in 
  the 
  churchyard 
  at 
  Llanelwedd, 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  Radnorshire, 
  though 
  

   close 
  to 
  Builth. 
  Both 
  these 
  are 
  adult 
  males, 
  measuring 
  from 
  snout 
  to 
  

   end 
  of 
  tail 
  3| 
  in. 
  The 
  fur, 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  silky, 
  is 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  (not 
  black), 
  with 
  whitish 
  tips, 
  these 
  last 
  being 
  much 
  longer 
  

   below 
  than 
  above, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  back 
  looks 
  dark 
  grey 
  ; 
  the 
  under 
  parts 
  

   light 
  grey. 
  The 
  tail 
  is 
  decurved, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  form, 
  with 
  its 
  membrane, 
  a 
  

   pouch, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  less 
  bony 
  than 
  in 
  other 
  Vespertilionida. 
  I 
  am 
  

   depositing 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  (which 
  is 
  being 
  made 
  into 
  a 
  skin 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Ruskin 
  Butterfield) 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  — 
  H. 
  E. 
  Forrest 
  

   (Hillside, 
  Bayston 
  Hill, 
  Shrewsbury). 
  

  

  AVES. 
  

  

  Blackbird 
  singing 
  on 
  a 
  Chimney-pot 
  in 
  a 
  London 
  Road. 
  — 
  On 
  May 
  

   21st, 
  whilst 
  walking 
  along 
  Marquess 
  Road, 
  N., 
  I 
  observed 
  a 
  Blackbird 
  

   (Turdas 
  merula) 
  singing 
  from 
  a 
  chimney-pot. 
  To 
  me 
  this 
  appeared 
  an 
  

   unusual 
  proceeding, 
  and 
  I 
  should 
  be 
  much 
  interested 
  to 
  hear 
  whether 
  

   there 
  are 
  any 
  similar 
  instances 
  on 
  record. 
  — 
  T. 
  Edward 
  Belcher 
  

   (24, 
  Clephane 
  Road, 
  Canonbury', 
  N.). 
  

  

  [This 
  is 
  probably 
  not 
  an 
  unusual 
  occurrence. 
  Some 
  sis 
  weeks 
  ago 
  

   I 
  observed 
  a 
  Thrush 
  several 
  times 
  singing 
  from 
  a 
  similar 
  post 
  of 
  

   observation 
  in 
  the 
  Selhurst 
  Road, 
  South 
  Norwood. 
  — 
  Ed.] 
  

  

  Occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  Bluethroat 
  (Cyanecula 
  suecica) 
  near 
  London. 
  — 
  

   On 
  June 
  17th 
  I 
  saw 
  this 
  bird 
  at 
  Sheen 
  Common, 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  eight 
  

   miles 
  out 
  of 
  London, 
  just 
  off 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  Richmond. 
  What 
  struck 
  me 
  

   first 
  was 
  the 
  beautiful 
  band 
  of 
  light 
  blue 
  round 
  the 
  throat 
  of 
  the 
  bird 
  

   as 
  it 
  settled 
  on 
  a 
  fence 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  yards 
  of 
  where 
  I 
  stood. 
  I 
  have 
  

   no 
  doubt 
  whatever 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  identification, 
  as 
  the 
  light 
  blue 
  throat 
  and 
  

   the 
  otherwise 
  dull 
  brown 
  colouration 
  prevents 
  its 
  being 
  confounded 
  

   with 
  any 
  other 
  species. 
  The 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  throat, 
  whether 
  

   red 
  or 
  white, 
  was 
  verv 
  indistinct, 
  otherwise 
  I 
  should 
  have 
  noticed 
  it 
  at 
  

  

  