800 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. 



ernor Philip, would liang by one leg a wliole 

 day, without changing its position. 



The spectre bat does not differ much in its 

 habits from the vampyre. It is found in 

 South America, and in some of the islands 

 of the Pacific Ocean. Yarious travelers speak 

 of its eagerness to suck human blood. Captain 

 Stedman relates, that sleeping in the open air at 

 Surinam, he was awakened about four o'clock 

 in the morning, and exceedingly alarmed to 

 fmd himself covered with blood, but feeling no 

 pain. Kising up hastily, he ran to the surgeon, 

 as he was all over besmeared with blood. It 

 was soon discovered that he had been attacked 

 by a bat, which was judged by the surgeon to 

 have taken from him about fourteen ounces of 

 blood. 



When these animals discover a person in a 

 sound sleep, they cautiously approach, gently 

 fanning with their extended wings, by which 

 means a soothing influence is thrown over the 

 sleeper, which renders his sleep the sounder, 

 while the bat cautiously goes on with his bleed- 

 ing operation. 



