Little Brown Bat 



corner of the sash. I find that they habitually sleep in the barn 

 in the narrow space between the ridge pole and the roof boards, 

 though whether their numbers vary there from day to day as they 

 do in the window, 1 am unable to ascertain. I have an idea that 

 they also spend the winter there, for they are said usually to choose 

 some such place to hibernate in. 



As twilight comes on, the bats in the window begin to grow 

 somewhat more restless, scrambling down from time to time to 

 peer out between the slats as if to pass judgment on the weather. 

 Then suddenly one of them launches out and downward at an 

 angle toward the earth for a few yards, then sweeps up and away 

 among the tree tops. Another follows, and then two or three to- 

 gether, till in very short time the blinds are empty; but outside 

 in the darkness the bats are zigzagging about in pursuit of their 

 supper. 



Large Brown Bat 

 Vespertilio fit sens Beauvois 



Called also Carolina Bat. 



Length. 4.60 inches. Expanse of icings. 12 inches. 



Description. Flight membranes naked except the base of the in- 

 terfemoral membrane. Fur silky, dark brown, rather lighter 

 below. 



Range. Gulf Coast north to Maine and Ontario. One of the com- 

 monest bats in the lowlands of the Middle States. 



This is one of the commonest bats through the southern 

 United States as far north as the upper limits of the Carolinian 

 faunal belt, through southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New 

 York and the Connecticut Valley. 



In the Hudson Valley, Dr. A. K. Fisher says: " They are the last 

 to make their appearance in the evening. In fact, when it gets 

 so dark that objects are blended in one uncertain mass, and the 

 bat hunter finds that he is unable to shoot with any precision, 

 the Carolina bats make their appearance as mere dark shadows, 

 Hitting here and there while busily engaged in catching insects. 

 We have to make a snap-shot as they dodge in and out from 



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