178 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
THE MAMMALS OF SUBRBREY. 
By Gorpon DatuGuiEsH. 
Berore I wrote the following list of Surrey mammals I had 
the possibility in view of a county fauna. The birds have been 
well treated by Messrs. Bucknill, Bentham, and Mouritz, but the 
mammals have been somewhat neglected. The list may prove 
useful to any future worker on the county fauna, as the species 
are all collected in one paper, and references have been made to 
any important scattered notes treating of these in the back 
numbers of ‘The Zoologist. The mammals mentioned are 
those I have personally come across, with one exception, viz. 
the Pine Marten. 
Lona-EaRED Bat (Plecotus auritus).— This species is fairly 
common and well distributed throughout the county. I caught 
a specimen in my bedroom at Witley at 12 p.m. on Dec. Ist, 
1907. It showed no signs of torpidity, but on the contrary was 
very lively. It was a female of great beauty, the fur being 
exceedingly long and soft. One I watched on a summer’s evening 
was flying round and round a hawthorn bush, catching large 
moths. It first hovered over its prey, then captured with a 
swift downward plunge. I have always found it a solitary 
species. 
BaRBASTELLE (Synotus barbastellus)—Once seen by myself at 
Witley (Zool. 1907, p. 299). 
Noctue Bart (Pterygistes noctula).—Very common, and always 
makes its appearance during the first week in April. 
PrIPIsTRELLE (Vesperugo pipistrellus).—To be seen on the wing 
throughout the year except in very severe and cold weather. 
DavsBEnton’s Bat (Myotis daubentoni).—-I have seen numbers 
of this species on the Thames by Richmond Bridge, and over the 
lakes in Lea Park at Witley. 
