THE BARBASTELLE 



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DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETRES: 



Collector's measurements. 



This curious and interesting bat was first described by 

 Daubenton in 1760, and subsequently by Buffon in his great 

 work. Kuhl, notwithstanding the extent of his researches and 

 his exertions to procure all the bats of Germany, failed to 

 obtain one of this species. It was first detected as a native 

 of Great Britain by Peete, who sent one to Sowerby from the 

 powder mills at Dartford in Kent. It was known to Montagu 

 from Devonshire, and subsequently obtained a place in all works 

 on British Mammals except that of Donovan. 



Although quite unmistakable in the hand, many of the 

 earlier published notices of the habits of the Barbastelle 

 were clearly incorrect, and the meagre accounts available 



