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MAMMALS. 



one passage, viz. : — ' It usually produces one or two young ones at 

 a birth, and hybernates during the winter.' 



Vespertilio daubentonii, Zeis/. Daubenton's Bat 



Edward includes this species in his list, and very likely was correct 

 in doing so, but up to date of Dr. Gordon's Fauna of Moray there 

 was no other record of it within the Moray basin, though Dr. 

 Gordon seemed fully to realise its discovery in the near future 

 (vide Fauna of Moray, 1889 edition, p. 13), owing to its occurrence 

 recorded from the neighbouring area of ' Dee.' 



The first satisfactory record for Banffshire, and indeed for our 

 full area of 'Moray,' was at last supplied by Mr. Wm. Evans, 

 who captured a fine male at Cromdale Church, Strathspey, under 

 circumstances related by him in The Scottish Naturalist for 1891, 

 p. 190. This was shortly afterwards followed by another record 

 by our good friend Mr. Eagle-Clarke, who has been giving special 

 attention to the micro-mammalia and their Scottish distribution. 

 He writes: — 'I have just received a Daubenton's Bat from the 

 extreme north-east of Banfi", at the mouth of the Spey, the most 

 northerly record for Britain.' Mr. Eagle-Clarke further informed 

 us that the specimen was a female, and that it had been captured 

 by the gardener at Gordon Castle when smoking the greenhouses, 

 which are much resorted to by Bats for shelter {in lit. July 16th, 

 1892). 



Plecotus auritus (L.). The Long-eared Bat 



There can scarcely be any doubt that this widely distributed British 

 species occurs around Inverness, and that far from uncommonly, 

 but, curious to relate, we cannot lay our finger upon any other 

 actual records up to date of going to press. This absence can 

 only be accounted for by want of observation, as specimens have 

 been obtained from several adjoining districts, and we have 

 obtained specimens from West Inverness-shire (Argyll). 



For the same reason, no doubt, there has been a dearth of 

 records from either Sutherland or Caithness, Argyll and Inner 

 Hebrides (though it does occur there). Outer Hebrides or Orkney. 

 There appears certainly much to be done yet in the distribution 



