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LONG-EARED BAT. 



Plecotus auritus. GEOFFROY. 

 PLATE II. 



Ears more than twice the length of the head ; fur lrown~ 

 ish-grey on the upper parts, paler beneath. 



Vespertilio auritus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 47 ; Geoffr. Ann. Mus. 

 VIII. 197; Desm. Mammal. 114; Jenyns, Brit. Vert. An. 

 27 Plecotus auritus, Gray, Zool. Journ. II. 109 ; Bell, ' 

 Brit. Quadr. 53. 



THE genus Plecotus* is readily distinguished by the 

 extreme size of the ears, and these organs are of 

 themselves sufficient to prevent one from confound- 

 ing our only indigenous species with any other Bat 

 that occurs in this country. But as it is more easily 

 procured than many other species, I am induced to 

 present a rather full description of it, that the stu- 

 dent may have an opportunity of observing all the 

 parts of a Bat by comparing them with that here 

 given. 



