58 African Zoology. 



lateral and distinct; internal ear visible ; index fmrjer with ont. 

 ■phalanx, the iniddle icilh three, the ring and little Jingers with 

 two; tail not exceedimi the interfemoral membrane ; sebaceous 

 glands under the s//ia of the face. 



Vespertilio pipisfrellas, Lin. (The Pi])istiellc.) Fur lonsr, 

 aliove Lrowiiish black, beueath brownish yellow ; ears oval- 

 triangular, shorter than the head ; the tip of each inner ear 

 rounded. Length of body one inch ; tail nearly as long; ex- 

 panse of wings about seven inches. The African specimens are 

 slightly ash coloured . 



Inhabits Egypt. 



V. Le Pipistrcllc, Danh. Mem. de l' Acad. S^c. 1759. The 

 Pipistrelle, Pen. Quad ii. 318. Geoff. j4nn.Mus viii. pi. 4"] 

 and 48. Descrip. d' Egypte,f.fj. 1. _/. 3. Skull, Jig. 4.f. 585. 



Vespertilio nigrlta, Gmel. (Senegal Bat.) Fur above fawn 

 coloured, beneath ashy brown ; length of ears one-third of 

 that of the head ; muzzle large ; lips long ; the extremity of 

 the tail free and projecting beyond the interfemoral membrane. 

 Length of body about three inches ; expanse of wings about 

 fifteen. 



Inhabits Senegal. Adanson. 



Marmottc volante, Daub. Mtm. de I' Acad. 1759. Chauve- 

 souris Etrangere, Buff. t. x. Senegal Bat, Pen. Q«arf. 281. 

 Ann. Mus. t. viii. p. 47- 



Vespertilio Borhonicus, Geoff. (Bourbon Bat.) Fur above 

 reddish, beneath whitish, with the tips of the hairs reddish ; 

 ears oval-triangular, and half as long- as the head ; head short 

 and broad ; muzzle tumid ; nose prominent. Length nearly 

 three inches. 



Inhabits Bourbon. 



Vespertilio Temminckii, Rupell. (Temmhicks Bat.) Head and 

 back dark mouse grey with a brownish shade, under parts of 

 hody shining snow white ; ears round ; posterior surface naked 

 and brown, anterior surface covered with fine brown hair ; 

 tragus leaf-shaped, broad and rounded towards the tip ; fur 

 tufted behind the muzzle ; wing membranes brown ; the hinder 

 portion of interfemoral membrane a little hairy. Length from 

 aose to base of tail one inch and ten lines, of tail one inch and 

 two lines ; expanse of wings seven inches. The colours in the 

 male, female, and young', are the same. 



Inhabits Nubia, — about Dongola. 



Vespertilio Capensis, Smith. (Cape Bat.) Above the surface 

 colour is a light greenish or pale tawny brown ; beneath tawny or 

 tawny white with shades of light brown ; the middle and lower 

 portions of each hair on the back a deep clear black ; the 



