Dr. BuchANNAN'j Defcriptlon of the Vejperttlio flicatus. 263 



The natives of Bengal have only two names for all the fpecies 

 of bats found in their countiy. The large bats, which neftle on 

 trees, and live chiefly on fruit, they call Badiir : thofe which, like 

 the one above defcribed, inhabit caverns and old buildings, and 

 live chiefly on infeds, they call Chamcheeka. 



Tab. XIII. reprefents the Fefpertilio plicatus of its natural fize. 



XXVIII. Dt^ 



