326 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



MAMMALIA. 



CHIROPTERA.. 



Daubenton's Bat on the Derbyshire and Staffordshire Border.— 

 Daubeuton's Bat frequents the river Dove in some numbers at the spot 

 where it is crossed by the Derby road, near Uttoxeter. The mill-dam 

 below the bridge and the fringe of willows and alders on the banks furnish 

 a quiet shaded pool such as this species haunts by preference. In the early 

 part of June I had several opportunities of watching the Bats late in the 

 evening as they flitted in their characteristic fashion across the shadows 

 .just above the surface of the stream. This species and the Whiskered 

 Bat, unlike the noisy Noctule and Pipistrelle, appear to feed in silence. I 

 have never heard either of them utter a note when on the wing. — Chas. 

 Oldham (Sale). 



Daubenton's Bat in Bedfordshire.— Whilst recently visiting Bedford 

 I noticed that this little species was plentiful over the river along the 

 promenade. By their habit of always keeping within a few inches of the 

 water and circling about in limited areas these Bats can be easily recog- 

 nized. I have previously recorded this species from another locality in the 

 county, and it would undoubtedly be found a common one if those inte- 

 rested cared to seek in other parts of Bedfordshire for it. It is common 

 at Southhill, over the lake in the park, where I have recently seen it. — 

 J. Steele Elliott (Dixon's Green, Dudley). 



Habitat of Ametrida minor. — A specimen of this rare Bat was recently 

 presented to me. It was captured in November, 1896, in a house at 

 Manaos, a town on the Amazons, about 1000 miles above Para. The 

 measurements being rather less than those given by Dobson for Ametrida 

 centurio, I sent it to Mr. Oldfield Thomas, who pronounced it to be 

 A. minor, a species described from a single unlocalized specimen. — T. A. 

 Coward (Bowdon). 



INSECTIVORA. 



Lesser Shrew in Anglesea.— On June 11th we obtained about thirty 

 pellets from the roosting-place of a Barn Owl, among some ivy overhanging 

 the cliff in a small cove near Rhos Neigir, a few feet above high-water 



