590 



ZOOLOGY. 



sensitive, leaf-like growths of complicated form. Certain 

 bats are known to enter houses, and suck the blood from 



Fig. 512. Skull of adult sperm whale si-en from above and from the side. ?/o, 

 baeioccipital bone ; eo, exoecipital ; so, supraocclpital ; p, parietal ; *, squamosal ; f, 







oe e, eo ; s, , e *, , 



frontal ; pi, palatine; j, jugal ; sh, stylohyoid ; bh, basihyoid ; t/i, thyrohyoid. After 

 Flower. 



the extremities of sleeping persons, who awaken to find their 

 feet covered with blood. The true vampire is harmless. 



