Descriptions of East Asiatic Mammals 93 
Archipelago, though only in southern continental Asia. M. 
pusillus has been found in India, Siam, and the Island of 
Hainan. 
Because of the length of the wings the flight is rapid, sus- 
tained, and swallow-like. The Bats are cave-dwellers. They ap- 
Metacarpals 
Third Finger: 
First Joint 
Terminal 
Joint 
Fig. 13. Wing of Bent-winged Bat, Miniopterus, to show the un- 
usually long second joint of the third finger. 
pear soon after sundown and fly very high. In the case of 
M. schreibersii, one young is born at a birth. 
THE MURINE OR TUBE-NOSED INSECTIVOROUS BATS 
(SUBFAMILY MURININ.E) 
Although their name implies "mouse-like," these little Bats 
are no more mouse-like than any others of the small Bats. Names 
were often bestowed upon animals by authors at their wits' end 
