LECTURE II. 51 



curiou^ .structure "I the wings m tin- Bat 

 tribe cannot I"- contemplated \\ithoiit admir.c 



so forilK 'I OS to |M- capable, from tll'-il- I 



, of In-ill -4 ..'iii- 



ini r. ill!.- \\ rink! ti lie in 



\\hcn tin- auiin.i- HI;! to !. :ied into 



a v. ut. 



union Bats of our own country, lio\v- 

 iiy curious, sink into insignificant oi.jeets 

 compan (1 to the enormous species found in some 

 parts of India, Africa, and South America. Of 

 tln-sr the chid' is a species, lo, -rated IP 



the name of tlie Vamp\ re Bat: it is the \Y- 

 tilio V*auip\rus of LinnaMis, and n >rdinary 



hi>t<>ry, if true, may \\i-Il le said to d 

 ticular attention. The body of this animal is 

 tuice the >ixe of a squirrel, or even larger, and 

 the extent of the win^s often measures at 



fl\ e fe< t * : I lie Colour of the |MM|\ I- .1 dusk} lro\\n, 



the head, neck, and should, -i > of a redi \ n : 



the \\in. k, as in the e.Mmnou l.,it. '1'his 



-i' nt il 



r Hans Sloane, xi appears by his catalogue*, pr 

 the British Museum, was in po^cssion measuring 



even feet. This is the largest I ever remember to have be.; 

 and was brought from Sumatra. 



