LESSER HORSESHOE BAT 



place is discovered, a large colony may be found. One 

 observer states that examples he watched in Gilgit 

 possessed " a powerful and long-sustained flight," but 

 a second naturalist, who confined his attention to 

 European specimens, was equally emphatic in his state- 

 ment that '■ its flight is irregular and fluttering.'' That 

 the Lesser Horseshoe hunts at a higher altitude than its 



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Greater relative is assured, and it is not so partial to the 

 neighbourhood of trees. 



By way of concluding our remarks upon the Chiroptera, 

 we may point out that the name given to the Order to 

 which Bats belong, means, literally interpreted, " hand- 

 winged " ; that there are over four hundred and fifty 

 distinct species known to science, and that, in addition 



to their wonderful sense of touch (the eyes being re- 



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