BRITISH MAMxMALS 



and other animals, makes them unpopular with the 

 average individual. This is all the more regrettable 

 because Bats do not, as they say in Scotland, harm 

 beast or body. On the other hand, they are distinctly 

 useful creatures in the economy of life, and should 

 receive every encouragement it is within our means to 

 bestow upon them. 



NocrxAlc BoLf Rgl 



Noctule Bat. — The Noctule Bat (Fig. i) is one of the 

 three most familiar British species, and,byreason of its size, 

 it is also known as the Great Bat, the wing-stretch extend- 

 ing several inches. It has broad, rounded ears, which 

 occupy a position on the extreme corners of the head, with 

 the upper parts of the body yellowish-brown, and a fainter 

 tinge underneath. Bats that inhabit our own country 



are mostly gregarious, and the Noctule is no exception 

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