472 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



MAMMALIA. 

 Variety of Vesperugo pipistrellus.-On Sept. 17th my friend Mr. 

 James Fowler, of Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire, noticed a Bat 

 flying about in a lane near Winterbourne Church, which appeared to 

 have perfectly white wings. It was shot a few evenings later, and I 

 had the opportunity of makhag the following notes thereon : — Adult 

 Vv^'isixQWQ {Vesperugo pipistrellus), female, measuring Scinches in ex- 

 panse ; the wings and interfemoral membranes, as well as the ears, 

 were white, like a piece of white tissue-paper ; the legs, arms, digits, 

 nose, and lips pinkish white ; the fur of head and body very slightly 

 paler brown than in a normal specimen. I have never seen a white- 

 winged variety of any of our Bats, and should be glad if any of your 

 readers could inform me of any other occurrences. — H. J. Chaebonnier 

 (Redland, Bristol). 



Autumnal Litter of Dormice. — In reference to Mr. Forrest's note 

 under the above heading {ante, p. 423), I may mention that, having 

 seen it stated in ' The Zoologist ' that Dormice were very common 

 in nut-rows on Buckland Common, near Tring, I went there in April, 

 1893. I had been told of an old man named Butcher who collected 

 young Squirrels and Dormice for the London shops, and whom I inter- 

 viewed. Both he and a labourer told me that they had never found the 

 nest of the Dormouse in spring, but always in autumn, when the nuts 

 were beginning to appear. Butcher showed me a number of young 

 Squirrels that he had just caught or acquired. I had, like Mr. Forrest, 

 been previously under the impression that the Dormouse bred in the 

 spring. — T. Vaughan Roberts (Nutfield, Watford). 



AVES. 

 Regulus cristatus near Reading. — On May 25th I found a Gold- 

 crest's nest in a furze-bush, about twelve inches from the ground, on 

 Bucklebury Common, near Reading. The first young one was just 

 out. — G. W. Bkadshaw (54, London Street, Reading). 



Nesting of the Marsh-Warbler in Somersetshire. — While examining 

 a small collection of eggs this mouth, belonging to a friend, I observed 



