CHEIROPTERA. 



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with membraiips and crests of a very complicated description, occa- 

 sionally presentincj altogether somewhat the tigaire of a horse-shoe. 

 They inhabit dark caverns, where they remain isolated, suspended 

 hy their feet, and enveloped in their wings. 



Fig. 479. -heads of rhkolophus fekroi ec 



ADiiK.MA ri;u.\te. 



The Common Bat (VespertiUn pipestrella) is about the size of a 

 mouse. Its body is covered with a short du.^ky fur, tinged with red ; 

 the eyes and the ears are small. This little Bat make's its appear- 



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