THE SEROTINE 



habits, small parties usually assembling under the roofs of houses or in 

 the hollows of old trees where they retreat during daylight. Hibernation 

 appears to last from October till April. 



According to Continental observers a single young one is born at a 

 time. 



THE PARTI-COLOURED BAT. 



Vespertilio murinus, Linnaeus. 



This species was one of those formerly included in the British list, 

 but has now been removed, as the two specimens recorded, one by John 

 Hancock, found on board a ship in Yarmouth Roads, and the other, 

 taken at Plymouth by Dr. W. E. Leach, are supposed to have been 

 brought over in vessels from the Continent of Europe. 



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