Local Recokds — The thought has often occurred to me that the 

 Naturalist as the County Organ, would derive much benefit if members 

 of the various Yorkshire Societies "would make it a practice of recording 

 in its pages the occurrence of any objects which are classed as rarities in 

 the County. It is to a small extent already acted upon by the reports of 

 the various meetings, but probably private collections contain many 

 specimens which are known only to a limited private circle. If such 

 captures were regularly announced at the time they were made, they 

 would become of great value when at any time compiling County lists, 

 independent of the increased facility of exchanges. A correspondent in 

 the Entomologist in this October number, p. 229 (dating from Cambridge- 

 shire), seems equally to feel the want and the utility of such County 

 registers there. — N. T. Dobree. — [We cordially endorse every word in 

 the above communication, and shall only be too glad to give insertion to 

 any such records as are named ; indeed we have always considered this 

 to be the . great point of our raison (T dtre. — Eds. Nat?^ 



OccuEKENCEOF THE WHISKERED Bat {VespevtiUo mijstacinus) m York- 

 shire. — Since the publication of my paper on Yorkshire bats, in the 

 Naturalist, I have had the pleasure of adding a species to the Yorkshire 

 fauna ; two specimens, from different and widely-separated localities, of 

 the whiskered bat {Vespertilio mystacinus, Leisler), having fallen into my 

 hands. The first example was the one from Mytton Church which is 

 recorded in the "Handbook of Yorkshire Vertebrata." The second 

 example occurred since the publication of that work. It was shot in the 

 neighbourhood of Harrogate, last August, by Mr. John Grange, taxider- 

 mist, of that town, and is now in my possession. The occurrence of these 

 specimens serves to show what may be expected when attention is fairly 

 directed to neglected groups of animals, and it is a source of satisfaction 

 that the addition of a species to the list rests upon records from two 

 difierent localities, thus rendering it quite within the rauge of possibility 

 that it is hardly so much rare as overlooked. I may add that my deter- 

 mination of the first specimen is fully confirmed by Dr. G. E. Dobson of 

 Netley, who has seen it, and who is the recognised authority on the 

 subject. Will any reader endeavour to ascertain whether Daubenton's 

 bat occurs or nor ? My experiences have been perfectly tantalizing. It 

 has been reported to me, but it is necessary for specimens to be see?i. — 

 Wm. Denison Roebuck, Sunny Bank, Leeds. 



Heron, Tern, &c,, near Leeds. — On the 3rd of September, I saw a 

 heron at Roundhay Park ; these birds are only seen here occasionally, 

 though a pair formerly bred in the Park. During a walk round the lake 



