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these moths, and then we could find several. On Aug. 26th, 1905, I 

 sent three Noctules to Mr. Lydekker for the Museum. I smoked them 

 out of a hole on the cliffs, where there appears to be a small colony. 

 These Noctules fly about with the Horseshoes, but I do not think 

 occupy the same place or chamber when hybernating. I am probably 

 correct in saying that these three specimens were males. On July 26th, 

 1905, there seemed to be more Bats than usual about, but it is difficult 

 to get them in the net ; they dodge wonderfully quick, a fact that 

 seems remarkable when one examines their tiny and seemingly obso- 

 lete eyes. However, on this date I sent Mr. Lydekker four Greater 

 Horseshoes, one proving to be a young member, which differed from 

 the adults in its coloration, and, until he informed me, I thought it 

 was a Lesser. I intend searching portions of the cliffs at Cheddar 

 this winter, when I may be able to collect a few more notes of interest. 

 Stanley Lewis (Wells, Somerset). 



Whiskered Bat (Myotis mystacinus) and Lesser Horseshoe Bat 

 (Rhinolophus hipposiderus) in Denbighshire. — The Whiskered Bat is 

 probably not uncommon in Denbighshire, although, as far as I know, 

 it has not been hitherto recorded for the county. On Jan. 14th 

 Mr. F. Brownsword and I found one in an old mine tunnel in the 

 Upper Silurian rocks of a wooded valley at Coed Coch, four miles 

 south of Colwyn. The Bat was hanging, asleep, on the wall, only 

 five feet from the tunnel-mouth, and the presence of faecal matter in 

 its intestines suggested that it had been feeding recently. Little is 

 known of the depth or duration of the winter sleep in this species, and 

 it is possible that the individual in question had gone outside to obtain 

 food ; though not necessarily so, for hybernating on the dry walls of 

 the tunnel were gnats and other dipterous insects, and the two species 

 of moths, Scotosia dubitata and Govoptera libatrix, which one usually 

 sees in such places during the winter. Near the end of another tunnel 

 in the same valley, which had been driven into the hill-side for a dis- 

 tance of ninety yards, we found two Lesser Horseshoe Bats, a male and 

 female. These were hanging about ten yards apart, and, owing to a 

 sharp turn in the tunnel a few yards from its mouth, were in absolute 

 darkness. They were less lethargic than the Whiskered Bat, and, 

 though tightly enfolded in their wing-membranes, were apparently 

 conscious of our presence, for before we touched them they raised their 

 bodies by flexing the legs, and swayed slightly. There was water to 

 the depth of some inches on the floor near the mouth of the tunnel, 

 and the walls were wet in many places ; but, although we saw neither 

 moths nor flies here, the presence of fsecal matter in the intestines of 



