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NOTCH-EARED BAT. 



Vespertilio emarginatus. GEOFFEOT. 



Ears ovate, obtuse, nearly as long as the head, slightly 

 curved outwards, their outer margin with a deep sinus, be- 

 neath which is a rounded lobe ; tragus subulate, more than 

 half the length of the ear ; fur light reddish-grey above, 

 paler beneath, approaching to white. 



Vespertilio emarginatus, Geoffr. Ann. du Mus. VIII. 198; Des- 

 man Mammal. 140 ; Bell, Brit. Quadr. 45. 



I HAVE been fortunate in procuring a specimen of 

 this very rare species from a gentleman who obtained 

 it at Winchester. The species was first found at 

 Abbeville by M. Baillon, and by Mr Geoffroy in 

 the excavations at Charlemont The latter, in 

 describing it, states that he received a specimen from 

 M. A. Brongniart, who found it in the neighbour- 

 hood of Dover. As the imperfect descriptions of 

 Messrs Geoffroy and Desmarest afford the only 

 account of the species hitherto published, the fol- 

 lowing, taken from an English specimen, may be 

 considered as not unimportant. 



