A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



CHEIROPTERA 



1. Lesser Horse-shoe Bat. Rhinolophus hippo- 



sUerus, Bechstein. 

 Rare. 



2. Long-eared Bat. Pkcotus auritus, Linn. 

 Common. 



3. Barbastelle. Barbastella harbastel/us, Schreber. 



Bell — Barbastellui daubentonii. 

 Rare. 



4. Great or White's Bat (Noctule). Pipistrellus 



noctula, Schreber. 

 Bell — Scotophilus noctula ; White — VesperARo alti- 

 volans ; Thomas — Pterypstes noctula. 

 Now very scarce. Lancashire is, so far as 

 known, its north-western limit. 



5. Pipistrelle. Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Schreber. 



Bell — Scotophilus pipistrellus. 

 Locally, Flittermouse. 

 Not uncommon. 



6. Natterer's or Reddish-grey Bat. Myotls nat- 



tereri, Leisler. 

 Bell — Fespertifio nattereri. 

 Not infrequent. A specimen was taken at 

 Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Christmas 1892. 



7. Daubenton's Bat. Myotls daubentonl, Leisler. 



Bell — Fespertifto daubentonii. 

 Not uncommon in wooded localities. 



INSECTIVORA 



Hedgehog. Erlnaceus europaus, Linn. 



Locally, Urchin. 

 Abundant. 



1 1 . Pigmy Shrew. Sorex mlnutus, Linn. 

 Bell — Sorex pygmaus. 

 Occurring sparsely. 



9. Mole. Talpa europaa, Linn. 



Locally, Moodiwart, Mowdywark, Want. 12. 



Abundant, occasionally albino. 



10. Common Shrew. Sorex araneus, Linn. 

 Quite common. 



CARNIVORA 



Water Shrew. Neomys fodlens, Pallas. 

 Bell — Crossopus Jhdiens. 

 Common. 



13. Wild Cat. Fells catus, Linn. 



About a century ago the wild cat was to be 

 seen on Cartmel Fell and other parts of Lake- 

 land in considerable numbers, and it was, though 

 extremely rare, still to be met with fifty years 

 ago, but it is much to be feared that it is now 

 extinct in Lancashire. 



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Fox. Fulpes vulpes, Linn. 

 Bell — Vulpes vulgaris. 

 Numerous. 



15. Pine Marten. Mustela martes, Linn. 

 Bell — Martes abietum. 



Locally, Fox Cork, Mart Cork, Mart, Sweetmart. 

 Tolerably numerous in the uplands, Coniston 

 Hills, Windermere and Furness districts. An 

 old female specimen was caught in the Rusland 

 Valley, Furness, in May 1902 (Archibald, Zoolo- 

 gist, 1904, p. 455). 



1 6. Polecat. Putorlus putorlus, Linn. 

 Bell — Mustela putorlus. 



Locally, Foumart, Fitch et. 

 Not nearly so common as the weasel, but more 

 numerous formerly ; yet abundant in some 

 localities. 



17. Common Stoat. Putorlus ermineuSy Linn. 

 Bell — Mustela erminea. 



Common. Very rarely seen in the white 

 garb of winter except among the high Fells, and 

 there often partially changed only. 



18. Weasel. Putorlus nivalis^ \Ann. 

 Bell — Mustela vulgaris. 



Abundant. 



19. Otter. Lutra lutra, Linn. 

 Bell — Lutra vulgaris. 



Still abundant in many of the upland streams 

 on which they are regularly hunted. Not in- 

 frequently reported from the River Alt. 



20. Badger. Meles meles, Linn. 

 Bell — Meles taxus. 



Locally, Brock. 

 Abundant about 150 to 200 years ago. Now 

 rare. Five taken by Mr. Gillow's keepers on 

 Warton Crag 7 or 8 years ago. 



21. Common Seal. Phoca vltultna, Linn. 



Not uncommon in Morecambe Bay, in the Mer- 

 sey and Ribble estuaries, and along our shores. 



22. Harp Seal. Phoca grcenlandica, Fabricius. 

 An occasional visitor to the estuary of the 



Mersey ; one was taken in Morecambe Bay on 

 23 January, 1868 (Turner, Journal Anat. and 

 Phys. ix. 163). 



23. Hooded Seal. Cystophora cristata, Erxl. 



A specimen was found alive on the Lancashire 

 shore of the Mersey on 3 February, 1873 (Moore, 

 Proc. Lit. and Phil. Soc. Llverp. xxvii. p. Ixxiii.). 



24. Grey Seal. Halicharus grypus, Fabricius. 

 Bell — Halichterus gryphus. 



A specimen was captured in 1861 in the 

 Canada Dock, in Liverpool. 



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