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A CORNISH FAUNA. 



especially on the Devonshire border. At Falmouth Mr. Cocks 

 says " not uncommon." With the exception of V. Murinus it 

 is our largest British species. 



Pipistrelle. — Scotophilus pipistrellus. 



Jenyns, p 24 ; Bell, p 23, 2nd edition, p 34 ; Blasius, p 61 ; Clermont, p 15. 



"This is our commonest species, and flies at all seasons of the 

 year if the thermometer be not much below 50°. It awakes in 

 a few hours after the weather has become mild, and is not un- 

 commonly seen abroad in the middle of a line day." The V. 

 pygmoeus of Leach, (Bell, 1st ed;, p. 31) is the young or a small 

 individual of this species. Some references by Mr. Couch on 

 the flight of this species in the day-time, are recorded in the 

 Zoologist, 1843, p. 343 : and in the same periodical, 1853 and 

 1854, pp. 3936 and 4157, will be found some interesting obser- 

 vations by him on the habits of some species of bats. 



Keddish-grey Bat. — Vespertilio Nattereri. 

 Jenyns, p 23 ; Bell, p 42, 2nd ed., p 54 ; Blasius, p 88 ; Clermont, p 10. 



Two individuals of this species were obtained by Mr. Couch, 

 from Looe, in Sept., 1852, Zool., 1853, p. 3937. I can find no 

 other instances of the occurrence of this bat in either the penin- 

 sula or channel province. 



Datjbenton's Bat. — Vespertilio Daubentonii. 



Jenyns, p 26 ; Bell, pp 45, 47, 2nd ed., p 60 ; Blasius, p 98 ; Clermont, p 20. 



Mentioned by Mr. Couch as Vespertilio emarginatus, Zool., 1853, 

 p. 3942, and Zool., 1854, p. 4157, but without giving the date 

 of capture or the locality. The specimen weighed 79 grains, and 

 the extent of its wings was 10|- ins., a greater expanse than the 

 measurement given by Bell and others. Dr. Bullmore gives 

 three instances of its occurrence in and near Falmouth, and Mr. 

 Cocks says "not uncommon " in the same neighbourhood. 

 Long-eared Bat. — Pleeotus auritus. 



Jenyns, p 27 ; Bell, p 53, 2nd ed., p 72 ; Blasius, p 39 ; Clermont, p 33. 

 Common in most places. 



Barbastelle. — Barbastellus Daubentonii. 

 Jenyns, p 28 ; Bell, p 63, 2nd ed.. p 72; Blasius, p 43 ; Clermont, p 35. 

 Bare ; found in a cave, west of Mainporth Bay, Mr Cocks. It 

 has been taken in the adjoining county. 



