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vast open tracts of country, covered with sparse short herbage, so 
characteristic of the higher parts of Norfolk. On this scant pasture 
they would do well, under circumstances altogether unsuitable to a 
less hardy and active race. So long as the country remained in 
this condition, no breed of sheep could have been found more 
suited to the soil and surroundings, which, indeed, had probably 
made them what they were ; but owing to improved cultivation, 
smaller inclosures, and their impatience of close folding, they have 
gradually been crossed with, or supplanted by other breeds, till 
at present, the few flocks remaining belong almost exclusively to 
those who farm rather for pleasure than profit, and owe their 
continued existence to their handsome appearance and the excellence 
of their mutton, rather than to any pecuniary considerations. 
The immediate descendants — probably by selection — of this breed 
are the variety now known as the Suffolk Black-faced Sheep, the 
ewes of which are eagerly sought after for the production of the 
now celebrated cross-breed Suffolk and Down. 
MAMMALIA. 
Order CHIEOPTERA. 
Fam. VESPERTILIONIDiE. 
1. Plecotus auritus (Linn.). Long-eared Bat. 
2. Synotus barbastellus (Schreb.). Barbastelle. 
Not a rare Bat in Norfolk, and seems generally distributed 
throughout the county. 
3. Vesperugo noctula (Schreb.). Noctule. Common. 
4. Vesperugo pipistrellus (Schreb.). Pipistrelle. 
5. ^Vesperugo discolor (Natterer). Parti-coloured Bat. 
Mr. Hancock has an individual of this species in his possession, 
which w/is taken in the rigging of a vessel in the Yarmouth Roads 
in the year 1834. Vide Trans. Norfolk and Norwich Nat. Soc. 
vol. i. (1873—4), p. 80. 
