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The Natural History of Tutbury, by Sir O. Mosley, Together With the Fauna and Flora of the District Surrounding Tutbury and Burton-On-Trent, by
The Natural History of Tutbury by Sir O Mosley Together With the Fauna and Flora of the District Surrounding Tutbury and BurtonOnTrent by Author:Oswald Mosley Title: The Natural History of Tutbury, by Sir O. Mosley, Together With the Fauna and Flora of the District Surrounding Tutbury and Burton-On-Trent, by E. Brown General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1863 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or mis... more »sing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Class VERTEBRATA. Subclass MAMMALIA. Order CHEIROPTERA. Family VESPERTILIONIDE. Vespertilio Noctula (Schreb.). The Great Bat. This species is very plentiful near Burton, sleeping in old roofs and holes of trees. It flies high, and before the end of autumn becomes amazingly fat and heavy. I have one specimen measuring 14£ inches in expanse of wings. As many as seventeen at once have been dislodged from one hole in a tree in Drakelow Park. Vespertilio Pipistrellus (Geoff.). The Common Bat. Very abundant in the district. A small black variety or subspecies also occurs at Burton. Vespertilio Nattereri (Kuhl). The Reddish-grey Bat. One specimen was captured in the roof of Stapcnhill House some years ago, and is now in the Burton Museum. Vespertilio Daubentonii (emarginatus?). One specimen was received with the Lesser Horseshoe Bats from Matlock. Plecotus Auhitus (Geoff.). The Long-eared Bat. Frequently taken at Burton. I have observed it flying about the tops of high trees in the evening in small companies, and occasionally pausing to cling to the topmost boughs. Rhinolophus Hipposideros (Leach). The Lesser Horseshoe Bat. I have received many specimens from the mines and caverns at Matlock. Probably it is found dispersed over the whole of the limestone districts of Derbyshire. Order INSECTIVORA. Family ERIN ACE IDE. Erinaceus Europeus (Linn.). The Hedgehog. Common. This little animal is by no means so harmless as some naturalists suppo...« less