4 VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF LAKELAND 



Mr. T. C. Hey sham independently obtained a specimen of this 

 Bat in Cumberland, but it does not seem to have been procured 

 in Westmorland. 



WHISKERED BAT. 



Vespertilio mystacinus, Leisl. 



The late Mr. Bond showed me a specimen of this Bat from 

 the collection of T. C. Heysham. The label is in Heysham's 

 handwriting, and describes the example as having been found 

 adhering to the side of a house early in August 1852. Another 

 specimen was obtained near the Eden, October 11, 1885. A 

 third was captured near Carlisle on the 26th of September 

 1889. Mr. Tandy has recorded another specimen, taken near 

 Penrith. This he brought to me in the first instance. 



Order INSEGTIVORA. Fam. ERINAGEIDJE. 



HEDGEHOG. 



Erinaceus europtvus, L. 

 Fossil remains of the Hedgehog have been found in the 

 fissures of Helsfel, from which it becomes evident that the small 

 quadruped which we meet with so frequently in the hay-fields 

 and on the skirts of our pheasant covers, inhabited its present 

 haunts when wolves and bears roamed through the virgin 

 forests which then covered many parts of Lakeland. Whether 

 the ' urchin ' was ever the subject of general persecution in our 

 country parishes has not yet transpired. That it was some- 

 times outlawed appears from the accounts of Orton parish. In 

 this wild part of Westmorland the price usually set on the 

 head of the Hedgehog was twopence. The spelling of the 

 word varies. Thus we read in 1637, ' item for a hedghogg ij d.' 

 In 1653 an entry occurs, 'ffor a Eddhogg £00, 00s. 02d.' 

 In 1660, the Hedgehogs were all lumped together: 'Item 

 for Hedghogs £00, 03s. 06d.' An entry follows in 1661: 

 ' Disburst by him to Eobert Whitehead for 1 7 hedghoggs 

 £00, 02s. 10d.' Three entries stand together in 1662: 'to 

 Chas. Bland for 9 Hedghoggs £00, 01s. OOd. To ye Clerk son 



