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VESPERTILIONID/E. 



which we have alluded approach in coloui' to a fuli- 

 ginous-brown on all parts, and tinged with ash-colour. 

 Flying membrane dusky ; the part contiguous with the 

 body generally hairy both above and beneath ; but in 

 some specimens this peculiarity is by no means con- 

 spicuous. Thumb short and feeble. 



The colour is said to be much darker in young than in 

 old specimens; a circumstance which is also observed in 

 some other species, as V. Daubentonii, the Pipistrelle, &:c. 



Dimensions : — 



Length of the head and body 



,, of the head 



,, of the tail . 



,, of the ears . 

 Breadth of the ears 

 Length of the tragus 

 Extent of the wings 



Dentition :- 



L I ; C. I : F. M. ^ : M. ^■■ 



n- 



'^'m 



