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BECHSTEIN'S BAT. 



Vespertilio Bechsteinii. LEISL ER. 



Ears ovate, spreading, rounded at the tip, somewhat 

 longer than the head; tragus tapering, narrow, slightly 

 curved outwards near the end t not half of the length of the 

 ear ; fur reddish-grey above* greyish-white beneath. 



Vespertilio Bechsteinii, Leisler, Kuhl, Deut. Flederm. Sp. 2; 

 Desraar. Mammal. 135; Jenyns, Brit. Vert. An. 21 ; Bell, 

 Brit. Quadr. 40. 



THIS species, which is said to reside on the conti- 

 nent, only in hollow trees in woods, and never in 

 Buildings, is very rare in Britain, the only speci- 

 mens obtained having been taken by Mr Mill- 

 ard in the New Forest. According to Desmarest, 

 it never mingles with other species, and the largest 

 flock observed was composed of thirteen females. 

 The same author remarks that it differs from Natte- 

 rer's Bat, especially in having no crenatures on the 

 margin of the interfemoral membrane ; and Mr Bell, 

 borrowing from Desmarest, observes that it may 

 be distinguished from Vespertilio murinus, to 

 which also it bears a general resemblance, by the 



