A CORNISH RAUNA. 
By the late Jonathan Ooijch, P.L.S., &c. 
^YMMV,kl:k-MAMMALIA. 
Revised and corrected hy J. Broolcing Rowe, F.L.S., Fellow of the Society 
of Antiquaries ^c., 
A t the request of the Council of the Eoyal 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, hut in this edition it has been thought 
wen to omit them, as they are not true members of the Fauna. 
Tlie parts within inverted commas are in Mr. Couch’s own 
words. 
GBIROPTERA. (Bats.) 
“ The Cornish name of these animals is Ary-mouse or Eery- 
mouse, from the Saxon word “reeran” “areeran” 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 wen as those of Count Keyserling, and 
Professor Blasius, while productive of much information, have 
not resulted in confirming the behef, generahy entertained some 
years since, that further research would increase the number of 
European species. The last edition of Bed’s British Quadrupeds 
has reduced the number of indigeneous species from seventeen 
to fourteen. Further information wid be found in the two 
editions of Bed’s Quadrupeds, Lord Clermont’s “ Guide to the 
Quadrupeds and Eeptdes of Europe,” 1869, and the “Natui’ges- 
chichte der Saugethiere Deutschland” of J. H. Blasius, 1857. 
Geeat 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 locadties it appears to be frequently met with 
