114 PARTI-COLOURED BAT. 



Inch. Lines. 



Breadth of the ears 4 



Length of the tragus 1 



Extent of the wings 11 3 



It is said by Desmarest to resort to hollow trees 

 in large bands, in which individuals of other species 

 are never met with 5 and to prefer the vicinity of 

 stagnant water. 



PARTI-COLOURED BAT. 



Scotophilus discolor. GRAY. 



Ears ovate, rounded, shorty bent outwards, with a pro- 

 minent lobe on the inner margin ; tragus nearly as broad 

 above as below, somewhat pointed, one-third of tlie length 

 of the ear ; fur of the upper parts chestnut brown with 

 white tips, of the lower brownish white. 



Vespertilio discolor, Natterer ; Kuhl, Deutsch. Flederm. Sp. 8 ; 

 Desmar. Mammal. 139 ; Jenyns, Brit. Vert. An. 24 ; Bell, 

 Brit. Quadr. 21. 



THIS species, of which a specimen, taken ai 

 Plymouth by Dr Leach, and now in the British 



