26 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



Wadys in Northern Palestine, especially near the Plain of Acre, as in 

 Wady Kurn. Those from Kurn are much smaller than the specimens 

 from the hills behind Tyre, which are of the same size as those from 

 Egypt and Cyprus. 



The length of body varies from \'2 inches, Wady Kurn, to 

 7 '9 inches near Tyre, and expanse from 13 inches, Wady Kurn, to 

 22 inches Tyrian specimen. 



The range of this Bat extends through Abyssinia, Egypt, Palestine, 

 Northern Syria, and Cyprus. 



Contrary to the usual arboreal habits of this genus, this species has 

 in Palestine been found only in caves. 



FAMILY, RHINOLOPHID^. 



98. Rhinolophits curyalc. Bias. Archiv fiir Nat. i., p. 49. 



Found in great numbers in the caves of the Wadys opening on the 

 Lake of Galilee, also in tombs behind Tyre. 



It ranges through South Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor. 



99. RJiinolophiis blasii. Peters. M. B. Akad. Berl. 1866, p. 17. 



Abundant about Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Hebron. 

 Found also in South Europe and North Africa. 



100. Rhinolophus fernun-equinuui. Schreb. Saugth. i., p. 174. 



The commonest Bat in Palestine, in all parts of the country. 



Its range extends in Europe from England southwards through the 

 whole of Africa, from Algiers to the Cape, and across Asia from Syria to 

 the Himalayas and Japan. 



1 01. Phyllorhina tridens. Geoffr. Descr. de I'Egypte. ii., p. 130. 

 Occurs in caves in the Dead Sea basin, 



A common Egyptian species, and found as far south as Zanzibar. 



