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  THE 
  VEETEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  date 
  of 
  this 
  visit, 
  the 
  Cathedral 
  has 
  been 
  altered 
  and 
  a 
  

   new 
  roof 
  put 
  on. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  6th, 
  1891, 
  I 
  explored, 
  along 
  with 
  Messrs. 
  Gibb 
  

   and 
  Simpson, 
  both 
  towers 
  of 
  the 
  Cathedral 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  

   roof, 
  but 
  saw 
  neither 
  Bats 
  nor 
  any 
  trace 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  it 
  

   is 
  evident 
  they 
  have 
  never 
  returned 
  since 
  the 
  roof 
  was 
  

   renewed. 
  

  

  Vespertilio 
  pipistrellus, 
  Geoffroy. 
  Common 
  Bat. 
  

  

  Although 
  named 
  " 
  Common," 
  this 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  

   an 
  abundant 
  species 
  in 
  " 
  Dee." 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  several 
  times 
  

   found 
  at 
  Waterton 
  Paper 
  Works 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Macpherson, 
  

   and 
  sent 
  to 
  me. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  obtained 
  several 
  specimens 
  

   within 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Aberdeen. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  paper 
  by 
  MacGillivray 
  already 
  referred 
  to, 
  he 
  says 
  : 
  

   " 
  Of 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  as 
  observed 
  in 
  Aberdeenshire, 
  

   I 
  have 
  nothing 
  to 
  say, 
  it 
  being 
  impossible 
  to 
  distinguish 
  it 
  

   on 
  the 
  wing 
  from 
  V. 
  daubentoni. 
  In 
  July, 
  1819, 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  

   specimen 
  in 
  Corby 
  Den, 
  Maryculter. 
  Mr. 
  Leslie 
  has 
  in 
  his 
  

   collection 
  a 
  specimen 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  Aberdeen- 
  

   shire." 
  

  

  Genus 
  PLECOTUS, 
  Geoff, 
  

   Plecotus 
  auritus, 
  Geoff. 
  Long-eared 
  Bat. 
  

  

  Common 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  district. 
  

  

  Order 
  INSECTIVORA. 
  

  

  Family 
  ERIN 
  ACE 
  ADiE. 
  

   Genus 
  ERINACEUS, 
  Linn. 
  

   Erinaceus 
  europoeus, 
  Linn. 
  Hedgehog. 
  

  

  Again 
  referring 
  to 
  MacGillivray's 
  paper, 
  we 
  find 
  regarding 
  

   this 
  animal 
  that 
  " 
  although 
  twenty 
  years 
  ago 
  of 
  very 
  rare 
  

   occurrence, 
  or 
  confined 
  to 
  particular 
  tracts, 
  the 
  Hedgehog 
  is 
  

   now 
  generally 
  dispersed 
  over 
  the 
  district, 
  being 
  found 
  in 
  all 
  

   the 
  lower 
  parts, 
  from 
  the 
  coast 
  to 
  the 
  higher 
  valleys 
  in 
  the 
  

   interior 
  — 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  in 
  great 
  abundance. 
  It 
  is 
  specially 
  

   plentiful 
  along 
  the 
  Dee, 
  as 
  at 
  Ballater, 
  Banchory, 
  and 
  about 
  

  

  