PRIMATES. THE BAT TRIBE. 5 



Vespertilio major. Brisson, Syst. regn. animal, p. 224. 



Vespertilio minor vulgaris. Klein, quad. disp. p. 61. 



Vespertilio. Gesner, hist. av. p. 76(). Ruysch, theat. 

 animal, i. pa. 2. p. 34, tab. 20 Raii Syn. quad. p. 243. 



La chau-ce Souris. Buffon par Sonnini, xxv. p. 310, pi. 

 13. f. 1,2. 



La chaitre Souris ordinaire. Cuvier's Tab. Element, 

 de Phist. nat. p. 105. 



Common Bat. Pennant's British Zoology, i. p. 148, No. 

 41. Shaw's General Zoology, i. p. 123. Smellie's Buffon, 

 iv. p. 322, tab. 18, fig. 1, 2. 



Short-eared English Bat. Edwards's Birds, tab. 201, 

 fig. 2. Bewick's Quadrupeds, 5th edition, p. 510. 



Little Bat. White's Works in Natural History, i. p. 130. 



2. THE LONG-EARED BAT. Tailed, no membrane on 

 the nose, ears with inner valves, and larger than the head. 

 Vespertilio auritus. Linn. 



Lengthy to the tip of the tail, in different individuals, from 1| to 

 3& inches ; and breadth of the expanded membranes from 7 to 1 1 

 - inches. Weight of the largest about 190 grains. Ears about half the 

 length of the body, each having, in front, a large inner valve, or se- 

 condary ear. Along the inner sides of the external ears there is a 

 fold, about a line in breadth at the bottom, which extends almost to 

 the tip ; and near the bottom of each fold is a small angular process. 

 External ears of considerable width, rounded, and broad at the, tip. 

 These are entirely naked, except along their inner edges, and along 

 the edges of the folds, which have each a row of scattered and ex- 

 tremely slender hairs. Eyes large and brilliant, comparatively with 

 those of the common bat. Muzzle long: orifices of the nostrils 

 large, and somewhat shaped like an S. No teeth immediately in 

 front of upper jaw. 



Fur of a brownish grey colour, but much darker on the upper than 

 the under parts of the body. Smell not fetid. W. B. 



A 3 Common 



