FAUNA AMERICANA. 23 



Inhabit both continents. 



Species. 



1. Taphozoiis rufus. Figured in Wilson's Orni- 

 thology, vol. vi. Red Bat of Pennsylvania. Phi- 

 ladelphia Museum. 



Vespertilio riffus, Warden. Description of the 

 United States, vol. v. page 608. 



Char. Essent. Fur of a reddish cream colour: 

 membranes of a dusky red ; auriculi slender, 

 rounded at the extremity, and situated internally. 



Dimensions. Total length four inches; tail as 

 long as the body; spread of the wings twelve 

 inches. 



Description. General colour, bright iron gray ; 

 fur of a reddish cream colour at base, then strong- 

 ly tinged with lake, and minutely tipped with 

 white ; ears scarcely half an inch long, with au- 

 riculi ; nostrils somewhat tabular ; eyes small ; 

 wings furnished with a single hook; interfemoral 

 membrane triansiular. 



Habit. Similar to the other Vespertilio. The 

 female has been known to manifest the strongest 

 maternal affection ; a young lad having taken two 

 young bats of this species, was in the act of car- 

 rying them to the Museum at mid-day; being 

 watched by the mother, she followed him through 

 the streets, fluttering round the thoughtless ur- 

 chin in whose grasp was centred all her hopes, 



