2 VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF LAKELAND 



NOCTULE. 



Vesperugo noctula (Schreb.)- 



The Great Bat is so familiar to me as a London resident, and 

 I have spent so many summer evenings in watching its lofty- 

 flight above the Serpentine, that had it been of general dis- 

 tribution in Lakeland it could hardly have eluded my search. 

 Mr. Tom Duckworth, however, almost satisfied himself that 

 several large Bats, which frequented Bowness on Sol way in 

 July 1888, were Noctules. His careful description of their 

 flight favours this view, but he did not obtain a specimen. The 

 Noctule ranges at least as far north as our most southern limits. 

 Several specimens were taken near Carnforth some few years 

 ago, and carried to Mr. Murray for identification. 



PIPISTRELLE. 



Vesperugo pipistrellus (Sclireb. ). 



This small Bat is fairly common in many parts of Lakeland, 

 and may often be seen hawking actively on a mild afternoon in 

 winter. Its numbers certainly fall short of those that one is 

 accustomed to meet with in the southern counties ; yet in some 

 localities it might be termed tolerably abundant. 



DAUBENTON'S BAT. 



Vespertilio daubentonii, Leisler. 



I have examined a specimen of this Bat, formerly belonging 

 to Mr. T. C. Heysham, and labelled as captured on the Carlisle 

 Canal, near Beaumont, in 1852. It was taken in the month of 

 August. Mr. W. Borrer procured Daubenton's Bat ' in July 

 1863, from Ulswater, where, as I am informed by a friend, as well 

 as at Grasmere, they do not fly till late at night over the lakes.' 1 

 I have never myself procured a fresh specimen, but it must not 

 be inferred from that circumstance that the species is very rare 

 in Lakeland. No doubt it is local, but I have on several 

 1 Zoologist, 1874, p. 4128. 



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