NOTES FROM NORFOLK. 55 



The two species of Bats I have found in Barbados are 

 Brachyphylla cavernarum, Gray, a fruit-eater, which is certainly 

 not common; it is known locally as " Night -raven." There are 

 specimens of this species in the British Museum, from Cuba, 

 St. Vincent, and other parts of the West Indies. The second is 

 Molossus obscurus, Geoffr., a common species throughout the 

 West Indies ; it is very abundant in Barbados, and constantly to 

 be seen on the wing immediately after sunset. I shot many 

 specimens, for on the wing there seemed to be a great difference 

 in size between examples flying in company, but all I procured 

 belonged to this species. It is possible that there may be more 

 than two species of Bats in Barbados, for the individuals to be 

 seen flying about at sunset and sunrise are in immense numbers, 

 but I only secured the two kinds here recorded. 



I may add that in all my excavations in caves and kitchen - 

 middens the only remains of land-animals that I came across 

 were bones of man, generally broken up and charred, proving the 

 cannibalistic propensities of the old inhabitants. 



The following is the list, so far as my observations go, of the 

 feral terrestrial Mammalia of Barbados : — 



Cercopithecus callitrichus, Is. Geoffr. Hab. West Africa. 



Brachyphylla cavernarum, Gray. Hab. West Indies. 



Molossus obscurus, Geoffr. Hab. West Indies. 



Herpestes ? Hab. Old World. 



Procyon cancrivorus (Cuvier). Hab. South America. 



Mus decumanus, Pall. Hab. Old World. 



Mas musculus, Linn. Hab. Europe. 



Lepus europaus, Pallas. Hab. Europe. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NORFOLK. 

 By J. H. Gukney, Jun., F.Z.S. 



The following diary of ornithological events for the second 

 half of the year 1889 comprises all that is likely to be considered 

 of more than local interest. The absence of the Willow Wrens, 

 usually so common a species, was very marked last autumn at 

 Cley, more so than I ever remember it before, as its presence 

 forms quite a feature of our coast migration, and we generally see 

 them passing in great numbers. The duties of a local recorder 



