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surface of a leaf: probably this one is of the same species, for the size 

 appears the same. If so, it may show one use of the long ears, which 

 may act as organs of quick sensation, as it flies among leaves which 

 stand thick on the tree. 



September 27. A few, flying low, at T , near the mansion ; 



none elsewhere. Weather overcast, with a brisk North wind. 



September 30. In the Warren. One bat, in a rapid and transitory 

 flight ; seen but a short time. Weather calm and cloudy. 



October 1. No bat : evening calm. 



October 4. No bat : heavy rain all day. 



October 5. No bat : showers. 



October 6. At T . No bat : weather fair. 



October 7. At a village in the country and homeward. No bat : 

 weather overcast. 



October 8. In the Warren. No bat : weather fine but cold. 



October 9. One bat flew once in a straight line along the tops of 

 a line of elms in a plantation : evening fine. 



October 11. No bats. 



October 12. Early in the evening, one bat, of large size, seen 

 flying high, and passing quickly from place to place, at considerable 

 distances apart. Another in the Warren, seen only for a short time : 

 none seen later. Weather fair, wind E. 



October 14. One bat in a sheltered place : wind E. and strong. 



October 15. A small bat flying in repeated circles about one sta- 

 tion, a little sheltered : wind strong. 



October 16. A small bat, like that of the preceding evening, pro- 

 bably the same, flying at the same place, in moderate circles, but not 

 remaining long in one place. I think it makes the circuit of the town. 

 Its fare must be scanty. It is incommoded by the wind, which is 

 East, and strong. 



October 17. Several bats early in the evening, flying high; one of 

 them small : all flying in circles. One flew near me in a plantation 

 of trees, passing through the foliage backward and forward. Gnats 



abundant. I am informed that there were also several near T . 



Weather calm and mild. 



October 18. Bats abundant, as in a summer evening; some flying 

 low : weather fine. 



October 20. No bats : weather changing to wet. 



October 21 and 22. Very rainy evenings. 



October 23. No bats : damp evening. 



October 24. A few bats, of small size : cloudy and calm. 



