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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



MAMMALIA. 



Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri) in Bedfordshire. — During a visit 

 of a few days last year to the village of Turvey, Bedfordshire, I noticed 

 during the evenings several Bats frequenting the garden of the Crown 

 Farm, where I was then staying. Their light-coloured under parts 

 first attracted rny attention as to their species, but it was not until 

 Aug. 3rd of the present year that I was able to procure a specimen, 

 which I obtained from a hole in a plum tree (an unusual sleeping haunt, 

 I believe, with this species) near at hand, and so confirmed this new 

 record for that county. — J. Steele-Elliott (The Manor House, 

 Dowles, Worcestershire). 



Natterer's Bat in Oxfordshire. — A Natterer's Bat flew in at one 

 of the windows of this house on the night of June 26th, after a hot 

 day. It does not seem to be very uncommon in this county. The 

 last I had was found by some workmen who were repairing the roof 

 (of " Stonesfield slate") of an old house in the village, in April, 

 1902. A Long-eared Bat was caught at the same time. Messrs. 

 J. G. Millais and H. Noble found Natterer's Bat in company with 

 Daubenton's, the Long-eared, and (one) Bechstein's Bat in a chalk 

 cave near Henley-on-Thames (but in Berkshire) in March, 1901 (P. Z. S. 

 1901, p. 216). For other Oxfordshire occurrences, cf. ' Zoologist,' 

 1889, pp. 308 and 381. — 0. V. Aelin (Bloxham, Oxon). 



Natterer's Bat in Surrey. — In July, 1902, I caught a specimen of 

 Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri) in the room of a house at Milford, 

 Surrey. This may be worth recording, as I believe this species is 

 somewhat local. I ought to have recorded it before, but forgot until 

 the other day, when I came across the skin. — Gordon Dalgliesh 

 (Clairval, Colling's Road, Guernsey). 



AVES. 

 Dartford Warbler in Shropshire. — The occurrence of Sylvia undata 

 in this part of England has not hitherto been authenticated, though 

 recorded on slender evidence in Staffordshire. In the autumn of 1902 



