PARTI-COLOURED BAT. 115 



Museum, is the only one hitherto found in Britain, 

 is said to occur in houses, but not in hollow trees, 

 and to come abroad early in the evening. It was 

 discovered in the south of Germany by Dr Nat- 

 terer, and is considered by him as the most beauti- 

 ful of the European Bats, on account of the varie- 

 gated appearance of its upper parts, which are of a 

 rich chestnut dotted with white. The length of the 

 Head and body is two inches and a half, of the tail 

 an inch and a half, of the ears six lines, that of the 

 head being ten, the extent of the wings ten inches 

 and a half. The forehead is very hairy; the muz- 

 zle broad, long, and tumid; the nose thick and very 

 broad; the lips very tumid, the upper furnished 

 with small hairs; the eyes very small; the ears 

 Sounded, ovate, bent outwards, and extending to the 

 jngle of the mouth, with a very distinct rounded 

 .obe on the inner margin near the head, their lower 

 half covered with thick woolly hair. 



The preceding descriptions of our British Bats, 

 although necessarily brief, will, it is hoped, suffice 

 to enable one to refer an individual which he may 

 obtain to its proper species, or to shew him that it 

 is rare, or perhaps new. And as hitherto compara- 

 tively little attention has been paid to the subject, 

 it may not be amiss here to recommend to the 

 reader who may have opportunities of obtaining 

 Bats, to examine them carefully, and record all the 

 facts, whether of structure or of habits, that may 

 come under his observation. 



