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DAUBENTON'S BAT. 

 Vespertilio Daubentonii. LEISLER. 



Ears ovate, shorter than the head, with their outer mar- 

 gin very slightly notched; tragus narrow, tapering, slightly 

 curved, somewhat obtuse, half the length of the ear; tail 

 longer than the body. 



Vespertilio Daubentonii, Leisler, Kuhl, Deut. Flederm. Sp. 

 11 ; Desmar. Mammal. 141. Vespertilio emarginatus, 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. An. 26. 



ACCORDING to Mr Bell (who states, that after a 

 careful examination of several specimens of the 

 species described by Mr Jenyns as Vespertilio 

 emarginatus^ he has been convinced of its iden- 

 tity with V. Daubentonii of Kuhl and Desmar- 

 est), this species has the head rather small, the fore- 

 head somewhat elevated, the top of the head flat- 

 tened; the muzzle obtuse, with numerous long 

 stiffish hairs, and a mystachial series of soft long 

 hairs on either side of the upper lip, which is tumid 

 from sebaceous follicles ; the ears about three-fourths 

 of the length of the head, ovate, bending a little 



