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CHEIROPTERA. 



VESPERTILIONTD.E. 



VESPERTILIONID.E. 



COMMON BAT, FLITTEll-MOUSE. 



PIFISTRELLE. 



Scotophilus pipistrellus. 



Ears two-thii\ls tlie length of the head, oval-triangular, notched on the 

 outer margin ; tragus nearly half as long as the auricle, almost straight, 

 thickened, obtuse, and rounded at the apex ; fur reddish brown above, paler 

 beneath. 



Vespertilio pipistrellus, Geoffrot, Ann. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. VIII. p. 195 



t. xlvii. xlviii. Kuiil, Deutschl. Fledenn. sp. 



12. Desmar. Mam. p. 139. Jenyns, Linn. 



Trans. XVI. p. 163. Id. Brit. Vert. p. 24. 

 Gray, 1. c. 



Blas. 1. c. p. Gl, f. 39, 40, 

 Daubenton, Mem. de I'Acad. des So. 1759, p. 381, 



t. i. f. 3. BuFroN, Hist. Nat. VIII. p. 129, 

 - t. xix. 

 Pennant, Brit. Zool. p. 184. 



Scotophilus mitrhitcs, 

 Vesperugo pipistreUus, 

 La Pipistrelle, 



Common Bat, 



We owe to the Rev. L. Jenyns the elucidation of the 

 synonymes of our Common Bat. In the 16th volume of 

 the Linnaeau Transactions, that gentleman has given an 



