﻿ANALYSIS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MAMMALIAN 
  AND 
  

   AVIAN 
  FAUNA 
  

  

  TO 
  WHICH 
  ARE 
  ADDED 
  NOTES 
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  We 
  have 
  considered 
  that 
  an 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  Mammalian 
  and 
  

   Avian 
  Faunas 
  of 
  Moray 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  considerable 
  usefulness 
  as 
  a 
  

   chapter 
  in 
  our 
  volumes. 
  

  

  For 
  our 
  list 
  of 
  Mammals 
  we 
  have 
  used 
  the 
  2nd 
  edition 
  of 
  Bell's 
  

   British 
  Quadrupeds, 
  that 
  being 
  the 
  best 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  though 
  

   in 
  many 
  respects, 
  and 
  more 
  especially 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  micro-mammalia, 
  

   it 
  is 
  in 
  need 
  of 
  revision, 
  to 
  bring 
  it 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  our 
  present 
  

   knowledge. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  eighty-one 
  species 
  of 
  Mammals 
  which 
  inhabit 
  Great 
  

   Britain, 
  forty-two 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  the 
  Moray 
  Basin 
  area 
  ; 
  

   but 
  we 
  have 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  further 
  research 
  would 
  add 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   species 
  of 
  Bats 
  to 
  the 
  list. 
  

  

  Of 
  Cetaceans 
  little 
  can 
  be 
  said 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  great 
  wanderers, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  only 
  by 
  chance 
  that 
  such 
  can 
  be 
  observed, 
  or 
  perhaps 
  occur 
  even, 
  

   on 
  a 
  strip 
  of 
  deep 
  sea 
  so 
  comparatively 
  small 
  as 
  that 
  which 
  fringes 
  

   the 
  Moray 
  area. 
  Could 
  their 
  habits, 
  however, 
  be 
  as 
  easily 
  studied 
  

   as 
  those 
  of 
  birds, 
  possibly 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  found 
  that, 
  like 
  them, 
  indi- 
  

   viduals 
  migrate 
  regularly, 
  using 
  the 
  same 
  routes 
  year 
  after 
  year. 
  

  

  A 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  numbers 
  from 
  each 
  Order 
  shows, 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  Cheiroptera, 
  Moray 
  possesses 
  only 
  three 
  species, 
  viz., 
  the 
  Pipis- 
  

   trelle, 
  Daubenton's, 
  and 
  the 
  Long-eared 
  Bats, 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  fourteen 
  

   species 
  recorded 
  as 
  British. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  Insectivora, 
  the 
  whole 
  British 
  list 
  is 
  represented, 
  viz., 
  

   the 
  Hedgehog, 
  Mole, 
  Common, 
  and 
  Lesser, 
  and 
  Water 
  Shrews. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  eight 
  British 
  Carnivora 
  (including 
  the 
  Beech 
  and 
  

   Pine 
  Martens 
  as 
  one 
  and 
  the 
  same), 
  all 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  Moray, 
  viz., 
  

   the 
  Wild 
  Cat, 
  Fox, 
  Marten, 
  Weasel, 
  Stoat, 
  Polecat, 
  Otter, 
  and 
  Badger. 
  

  

  Bell 
  gives 
  six 
  species 
  of 
  Pinnepedia 
  (Seals), 
  and 
  of 
  these 
  Moray 
  

  

  