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FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



107. Vespertilio emarginahis. Geoffr. Ann. du Museum, vol. viii., 

 p. 198. Notch-eared Bat. 



In large colonies in tombs behind Tyre and on Mount Carmel. This 

 species belongs to Southern and Central Europe, from France to Italy. 

 It has not hitherto been noticed further east, except in Palestine. 



108. Vespertilio mnriims. Schreb. Saugth. i., p. 165, pi. 51. 

 Mouse-coloured Bat. 



Obtained at Tyre and Beyrout— not noticed inland. Its range is 

 through Europe, from England and Denmark southwards ; North Africa 

 as far as Abyssinia ; and also in India. 



109. Vespertilio mystacimts. Leisl. Deutsch. Fled. Ann. Wett. 

 Nat. iv., p. 55. Whiskered Bat. 



In Southern Lebanon. Found throughout the whole of Europe, and 

 has also been received from the Himalayas and from Pekin. 



1 10. Minioptcrns schreibersii. Natt. Deutsch. Fled. Ann. Wett. iv., 

 p. 41. 



In caves overhanging the Jordan valley. The specimens are of a 

 very pale grey colour. Widely distributed through Southern Europe ; 

 through Africa from Algiers to the Cape and Madagascar; in all 

 Southern Asia from Syria to Japan and the Philippines, the Malay 

 countries ; New Guinea, and Australia. 



FAMILY, EMBALLONURID^. 



III. Taphozoiis midiventris. Cretzsch. Riipp. Atlas. Rcise. Nord. 

 Afrik. Saug., p. 70, fig. 27 b. 



We found this Bat in myriads in the caverns of the ravines opening 

 on to the Sea of Galilee. 



This and the following species belong to a tropical family of Bats, and 

 are the only two species of the family found in so northern a region 

 as Palestine. But even here they are confined to the subtropical ravines 

 of the Jordan valley. The present species ranges from the Gambia to 

 Egypt, and has also been brought from the Euphrates. 



