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  NOTES 
  AND 
  QUERIES. 
  

  

  MAMMALIA. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  First 
  Occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  Noctule 
  in 
  Scotland. 
  — 
  So 
  far 
  the 
  

   Noctule 
  is 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  occurred 
  in 
  Scotland. 
  The 
  late 
  Mr. 
  

   E. 
  A. 
  Alston 
  (' 
  Fauna 
  of 
  Scotland,' 
  1880, 
  p. 
  7) 
  did 
  not 
  credit 
  Sir 
  

   William 
  Jardine's 
  statement 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  New 
  Stat. 
  Ace. 
  Dumf.' 
  (p. 
  175) 
  

   that 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  Annan 
  in 
  Dumfriesshire, 
  and 
  no 
  more 
  

   northern 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  than 
  the 
  Solway 
  is 
  accepted 
  by 
  British 
  

   writers. 
  After 
  many 
  years 
  spent 
  in 
  working 
  at 
  our 
  northern 
  fauna, 
  I 
  

   have 
  never 
  heard 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  instance 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  any 
  large 
  

   species 
  of 
  Bat 
  until 
  Oct. 
  loth 
  of 
  this 
  year, 
  when 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Eversfield, 
  

   of 
  Deune, 
  whose 
  father 
  had 
  rented 
  the 
  Dalguise 
  shootings 
  and 
  fishings 
  

   on 
  the 
  Tay 
  in 
  Perthshire, 
  sent 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  flesh 
  a 
  large 
  female 
  Noctule 
  

   (14i- 
  in. 
  across 
  the 
  extended 
  wings), 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  killed 
  two 
  days 
  

   previously 
  at 
  that 
  place. 
  Mr. 
  Eversfield 
  has 
  a 
  fair 
  knowledge 
  of 
  our 
  

   Bats, 
  having 
  assisted 
  me 
  to 
  procure 
  specimens 
  on 
  several 
  occasions, 
  

   and 
  the 
  unusual 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  example 
  attracted 
  his 
  notice 
  whilst 
  

   Salmon-fishing 
  ; 
  so 
  he 
  procured 
  his 
  gun 
  and 
  shot 
  it 
  as 
  it 
  hawked 
  up 
  

   and 
  down 
  the 
  river. 
  Unfortunately 
  the 
  specimen 
  was 
  somewhat 
  decom- 
  

   posed 
  by 
  the 
  time 
  it 
  reached 
  me, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  preserving 
  the 
  skeleton 
  for 
  

   the 
  Perth 
  Museum. 
  — 
  J. 
  G. 
  Millais 
  (Horsham). 
  

  

  The 
  Yellow-necked 
  Mouse 
  (Mus 
  s. 
  fiavicollis) 
  in 
  Richmond, 
  Surrey. 
  

   I 
  wish 
  to 
  record 
  the 
  above 
  subspecies 
  of 
  Mus 
  si/lvaticus, 
  which 
  I 
  took 
  

   in 
  a 
  wood 
  at 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  Richmond 
  Hill 
  on 
  Oct. 
  15th 
  last. 
  I 
  have 
  

   often 
  taken 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  there, 
  which 
  of 
  course 
  is 
  common, 
  

   but 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  I 
  have 
  trapped 
  fiavicollis. 
  The 
  specimen 
  

   (a 
  fine 
  female) 
  gave 
  the 
  following 
  measurements 
  in 
  millimetres 
  : 
  — 
  

   Head 
  and 
  body, 
  98; 
  tail, 
  102; 
  hind 
  foot, 
  23-5; 
  ear, 
  17 
  # 
  5. 
  — 
  Gordon 
  

   Dalgliesh 
  (29, 
  Larkfield 
  Road, 
  Richmond, 
  Surrey). 
  

  

  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Common 
  Shrew 
  (Sorex 
  araneus). 
  — 
  I 
  have 
  lately 
  been 
  

   going 
  through 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Common 
  Shrews 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

   The 
  Museum 
  possesses 
  a 
  fine 
  series 
  of 
  these, 
  thanks 
  to 
  the 
  zeal 
  of 
  

   numerous 
  collectors 
  throughout 
  the 
  British 
  Isles. 
  There 
  are 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  collected 
  in 
  every 
  month 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  this 
  has 
  enabled 
  me 
  to 
  

  

  