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older ones being more grey ; beneath, pale brownish 

 grey ; the hairs are all blackish at the base. Membranes 

 dusky, with a rufous tinge. Transverse lines on the 

 interfemoral about twelve. 



Dimensions : 



Inch. Lines. 



Length of the head and body . . . 1 10 



, , of the head 08 



of the tail 18 



,, of the ear . . . - . . . . 1 5 



Breadth of the ear .. . . ..09 



Length of the tragus . - .... 7 

 ,, of the fore-arm . ... . . .15 



Extent of the wings 10 



Dentition : 



I. j : C. : P.M. : M. = 



The Plecotus brevimanus of Jenyns, of which a figure was 

 given in the first edition of this work, is now universally 

 admitted to be the young of the present species. We have 

 now before us a specimen which was taken at Malvern, 

 which in all respects answers to the description and figure 

 of Plecotus brevimanus, and the shortness of the fingers, 

 with the partially ossified state of their joints, suffi- 



