146 BAT. Class I. 



D I V. IV. 

 WINGED QJJADRUPEDS. 



XX. B AT. With long extended toes to the fore-feet, con- 

 ne6led by thin membranes, extending to the 

 hind-legs. 



38. Great. ^^ noftule ^e Buffon VIII. I'ab, xviii. p. 128. 



Syn, quad» No. 287. 



IS a fpecies lefs common in Great-Britain than 

 the fmaller. It ranges high in the air for food, 

 and retires early in the fummer. 



Is the largeft we have : its extent of v/ing is 

 fifteen inches : its length to the rump two inches 

 eight tenths : of the tail one inch feven tenths. 



The nofe is (lightly bilobated : ears fmall and 

 rounded : on the chin a minute verruca. Hair 

 on the body a reddifh afli-color. 



They colled under eaves of buildings in vafl 

 numbers. The Rev. Dodlor Buckworth informed 

 me that under thofe of ^een's College^ Camhridgey 

 he faw taken in one night, one hundred and eighty- 

 live ; the fecond night fixty-three : the third, two. 



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