i64> Mr. Montagu's Account of some Species of Bafs. 



this is a smaller, in which the nostrils are placed ; between these 

 HFe two other small membranes standing a little obliquely, and 

 appearing as valves to the nostrils; behind these stands a much 

 more elevated longitudinal membrane; and further back is an- 

 other transversely placed, of a pyramidal shape, standing erect 

 behind the eyes ; these last are covered slightly with hair, and 

 some long bristles : round the upper lip under the exterior mem- 

 brane of the nose is a row of minute tubercles, each furnished 

 with a small bristle, equally well calculated to guide the lesser 

 winged insects to the mouth, as the vibrissa pectinate observed 

 in several species of birds : the eyes are very small, black, and 

 hidden in the fur : the ears large, pointed, and turned a little 

 back at their tips ; their base almost surrounds the opening, 

 but at the outer part in each is a notch, which admits of the 

 fore part of the ear closing within the other as a substitute for a 

 valve so common in most other species, but of which this is 

 destitute. 



It is now many years since I first noticed this species of 

 Bat in Wiltshire; once, in particular, I recollect to have seen a 

 great many taken in the winter over the hollow of a baker's 

 oven, having got in through a small external fissure. la the 

 year 1804, about the latter end of the month of May, I ob- 

 served several in an old building at the verge of a wood at 

 Lackham, in the same county, erected for the shelter of cattle. 

 In this shaded dark abode, surrounded by lofty oaks, it is not 

 unusual to see several adhering to the plastered roof by their 

 hind claws ; and when approached, generally crawling a little to 

 one side, and showing signs of uneasiness by moving their heads 

 about in various directions, but not seeming inclined to take 

 flight till they have been repeatedly disturbed. 



At this time I had not been fortunate enough to discover the 



haunt 



