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NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



MAMMALIA. 



Natterer's Bat in Staffordshire. — The first authenticated occur- 

 rence of this Bat in Staffordshire, of which I have knowledge, has 

 recently been recorded by Mr. B. Bryan, of Longton, Staffordshire. 

 For many years he and I have been working out the Bats of our 

 county, and on the evening of May 6th last, about a mile ' from 

 Longton, one of the towns now constituting the Borough of Stoke- 

 on-Trent, he observed, about 7.30 p.m., in broad daylight, a Bat 

 flying leisurely, and with an undulating flight, apparently hawking 

 flies just over the grass by the side of the road. He managed to 

 catch the little animal, and at once saw it was a Eeddish-grey or 

 Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri, Kuhl.). The identity of the species 

 has since been confirmed by several leading authorities on the subject. 

 Although quite uninjured, the Bat refused to feed in captivity, an 

 unusual thing with most British Bats, and died. This makes the 

 eighth species on our Staffordshire list (see my paper on " Stafford- 

 shire Bats " in the ' Transactions of the North Staffordshire Field 

 Club,' vol. xlii. 1908, p. 12). Natterer's Bat appears to have been 

 recorded only once for the counties of Salop, Derbyshire, and South 

 Lancashire (see Coward & Oldham's 'Fauna of Cheshire,' p. 12), 

 and the distribution and range of our British Bats still wants working 

 out. I shall be glad to receive specimens for identification from 

 any part of England. — John R. B. Masefield (Eosehill, Cheadle, 

 Staffordshire. 



Albinism in the Serotine Bat. — A Serotine Bat (Vesperugo sero- 

 tinus, Bias.) sent to me by Mr. F. E. Blagg, from Hampshire, in the 

 flesh, on July 5th last, has a band of white fur extending across the 

 breast of the animal. This gives the Bat a most striking appearance, 

 and is, as far as I am aware, the first instance of any trace of 

 albinism or other colouration variation in this species. Mr. A. 

 "Whitaker, of Barnsley, informs me that albinos have been recorded 

 in the Barbastelle, Long-eared, Daubenton's, "Whiskered, Lesser 

 Horseshoe, and Pipistrelle Bats. Also cream and buff varieties of the 



