BATS. 



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Many of their habits, too, distinguish the cheiropters 

 from all Bother 

 creatures of our 

 planet. Aris- 

 totle classed 

 them with the 

 birds ; and in 

 onerespectthey 

 might even be 

 considered the 

 representatives 

 of the class, be- 

 ing, par excel- 

 lence, creatures 

 of the air. All 

 winged insects 

 can run or hop ; 

 the s e a-g u 1 1 

 runs, swims, 

 and dives ; but, 

 with the sole 

 exception of 

 the Javanese 

 Roussette, bats 

 are completely 

 "at sea" in the ' 



, , CHILDREN OF EREBUS. 



water and al- 

 most helpless on terra firma ; they eat, drink, and court 



