A CORNISH FAUNA. 



By the late Jonathan Couch, F.L.S., &c. 



VERTEBRATA— mammalia. 



Revised and corrected by J. Brooking Rowe , F.L.8., Fellow of the Society 

 of Antiquaries Sfc, 



AT the request of the Council of the Boyal Institution of 

 Cornwall, I have revised that part of the Fauna relating 

 to the Mammalia. The author included the Domestic Animals 

 in the original work, but in this edition it has been thought 

 well to omit them, as they are not true members of the Fauna. 

 The parts within inverted commas are in Mr. Couch's own 

 words. 



CHIR OPTERA . (Bats.) 



"The Cornish name of these animals is Ary-mouse or Eery- 

 mouse, from the Saxon word "rseran" "arseran" to raise or 

 be lifted up, that is to fly." 



Since the first edition of the Cornish Fauna was published, much 

 attention has been paid to this interesting order. The investi- 

 gations of Kuhl, as well as those of Count Keyserling, and 

 Professor Blasius, while productive of much information, have 

 not resulted in confirming the belief, generally entertained some 

 years since, that further research would increase the number of 

 European species. The last edition of Bell's British Quadrupeds 

 has reduced the number of indigeneous species from seventeen 

 to fourteen. Further information will be found in the two 

 editions of Bell's Quadrupeds, Lord Clermont's " Guide to the 

 Quadrupeds and Reptiles of Europe," 1859, and the "Naturges- 

 chichte der Siiugethiere Deutschland" of J. H. Blasius, 1857. 



Great Bat. — Vespertilio noctula. 

 Jenyns, p. 23; Bell, p. 12, 2nd edition, p. 17; Blasius, p. 53; Clermont, p. 8. 

 In the county generally, this species may be said to be rare, 

 but in some localities it appears to be frequently met with 



