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CHEIROPTERA. 



VESrEllTlLlOiNIDyE, 



VE8PERTIL lONIDJi. 



MOUSE-COLOURED BAT. 



Vespe7'tilio murinus. 



Ears oval, broad at the base, becoming narrower towards the apex, as long 

 as the head ; tragus falciform, the inner margin straight, not quite half the 

 length of the auricle : fur varying from greyish brown to pale reddish brown 

 above, dirty white beneath. 



VespertUio major, 

 ,, murinus, 



, , myutis, 

 La Chauve-souris, 



Brisson, p. 214, No. 5. Linn. Syst. Nat. 



Linn. Syst. Nat. Geoff. Ann. Mus. VIIL p. 191, 



t. xlvii. xlviii. Desmar. Mammal, p. 134. Jenyns, 



Brit. Vert. p. 20. Blas. Faun. Wirb. Deutsch. 



p. 83, f. 56, 57. 

 KuHL, Deut. Flederm. p. 3(3, sp. 4. 

 Daubent. Mem. de I'Acad. des Sc. 1759, p. 378, 



t. i. Buffon, Hist. Nat. VIIL p. 113, t. xx. 



In the account of the Pipistrelle, the reasons have been 

 detailed for abolishing the name of VespertUio murinus as 

 that of the Common Bat of Great Britain. On the 

 Continent, indeed, this species is very generally met with. 



