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VESPERTILIONIDAS. 
In the North of Ireland this species is seen abroad throughout mild 
winters, as frequently noted in my journal, from which the following 
memoranda are extracted : — 
On 9th December, 1832, between two and three o’clock, p. m., the day being 
fine, but rather dark and cloudy, one of these bats flew closely past me, and con- 
tinued within view for a considerable time, during which it was pursued by a 
pair of wagtails ( Motacilla Yarrellii), evidently to its great annoyance. 
On the 3rd and 21st January, 1834, I also saw two others, in the neighbour- 
hood of Belfast, at half-past four o’clock, p. m. The thermometer, at two o’clock 
on those days, respectively, was 52° and 51° of Fahrenheit. 
6th December, 1850. — A bat of this species was observed flying through one 
of the streets in Belfast, at twelve o’clock, noon. The day was very fine and 
mild, with bright sunshine. 
The &eddish Grey Bat, Vespertilio Natter eri, Kuhl. 
An individual of this species is recorded by Mr. F. M‘Coy as having 
been obtained near Dublin. — Vide Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. xv. p. 270. 
This is one of the species which I thought would probably be added to 
our catalogue, from the circumstance of my having found a specimen 
among the ruins of Harlech Castle, Merionethshire, as noticed in the Pro- 
ceedgs Zool. Soc. 1837. It had previously been obtained only in the 
East and South-East of England. 
Daubenton’s Bat, Vespertilio Daubentonii, Leisler, 
Is only known as Irish from a specimen obtained by the Ordnance col- 
lectors, in the County of Londonderry. The species was determined by 
Mr. Jenyns. 
Long-Eared Bat, Plecotus auritus , Geoff., 
Is common in suitable localities throughout the island. Specimens from 
North, East, and South have come under my examination. 
Dr. It. Ball considers this species more common about Youghal than 
the pipistrelle ; and Mr. T. F. Neligan was of the same opinion with re- 
spect to Kerry. 
When the roofs of old houses are being repaired or taken down, in the 
North of Ireland, numbers of these bats are often discovered. The pipis- 
trelle frequents similar places, but is probably less gregarious, as I have 
not known it to be found so plentifully under similar circumstances, 
although it is more frequently seen flying about. The roofs of houses 
have been referred to, by some writers, as being uniformly resorted to by 
the long-eared bat. I have, however, known several of this species to be 
taken from the crevices of an old stone wall, in the course of its removal, 
although many houses were in the vicinity. 
In the month of January, 1833, 1 obtained, from an aperture in the roof 
of an uninhabited house, a long-eared bat, which did not exhibit any 
symptom of torpidity. When placed in a room lighted from the North, 
it flew to the top of the cage in which it was confined, and turning its 
back to the window, clung by its feet to one of the wires, with the head 
downwards and wings approaching each other, so as nearly to meet in 
front. Small fragments of raw meat, when offered to it, were invariably 
rejected with a scream, and, when left in the cage, were afterwards found 
untouched. This bat lived but a few days, and after death retained the 
same position in its cage as above described. 
