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Long-eaued Bat ( Plecotus auritus ). 23rd September, 1875, at 
2.45 a.in., a of this species Hew in at the open window of my 
bed-room. They often do this, but I don’t usually note the hour. 
This species is very common in Sparham. Many years ago I found 
two young ones in one of my nesting boxes, but I cannot lind the 
note of it. I frequently find one or two old ones in my boxes, 
and in holes of oak, beech, and whitethorn. May 18th, 1876, 
in Sparham, Mr. J. E. Cromer gave me a Long-cared Bat (found 
alive on his grassplot). The dimensions of this specimen were 
the same as those given in 1 Bell’s British Quadrupeds,’ second 
edition, except extent of wings, ten-and-a-quartor inches ; breadth 
of extended ear, one inch; interfemoral membrane, with a projecting 
tooth near the end of each spur. Length of tail, one inch nine 
lines ; length of head, ten lines ; total length from end of tail to 
tip of nose (extended), three inches eight lines ; length of head 
and body, one inch ten lines. 
May 19th, 1876. In Hockering Wood I found a Long-eared 
Bat hanging to the rough bark on the south side of an oak tree (on 
the outside of the trunk). 
Babbastelle (Barhastellus daubentonii ). On the 3rd of 
January, 1875, Mr. J. E. Cremer gave me a live Barbastelle which 
he found in a heap of colder, in his barn at Sparham. 
On the 8th of March, 1875, I saw at Cawston a small bat with 
short cars, flying very slow and straight, at about five p.m. It 
was just beginning to rain. At Wliitwell, at about six p.m., on 
the same day, when it was raining hard, I saw another bat larger 
than the first, but hardly large enough (I think) for a Noctulc, 
also flying very slow and straight. 
February 3rd, 1878. I saw at Sparham a small bat with short 
ears, flying about for some time just at dusk in the evening. Its 
flight was quick and active, and in all directions. 
Hedgehog (Erinaceus curopceus). November 5th. 1875. At 
Reepham, Mr. F. S. Bircham shewed me a litter of five small 
young hedgehogs, with white spines, and their mother. I once 
had two old hedgehogs brought to me, with several (seven or nino 
I think) young of two sizes : the smaller ones had white spines. 
