THE ZOOLOGIST 
No. 690.—December, 1898. 
OCCURRENCE OF NATTERER’S BAT IN 
NORTH WALES. 
By J. Bacxuousse, F.L.S. 
(Prats IV.) 
Durine July of the present year the writer received a box 
containing thirty-six living specimens of Natterer’s Bat (Vesper- 
tilio natterert) from North Wales. ‘These were all captured in 
an old ruin not far from the sea, and, along with a dozen or so 
more, were taken from a hole in the masonry formerly occupied 
by Jackdaws. The collection consisted of both old and young, 
and nearly all have been most carefully preserved. 
The occurrence of this comparatively rare British Bat in 
such large numbers is most interesting, and especially so because 
the young are of almost all ages—some so very juvenile as to 
be hardly capable of spreading their membranes. 
So little known are the young of this species that a few 
words by way of description, along with a photographic repro- 
duction of a specimen taken after preservation, may not be out 
of place. ‘ 
During life the young Natterer’s Bat is darker above than the 
adult, and noticeably paler beneath—in fact, nearly pure white. 
The specifically characteristic long spur and hairy margin to the 
distal portion of the interfemoral membrane is equally observable 
in the young. Another recognizable point in both old and young 
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