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VESPERTILIONID^. 



the tibia, leaving the foot free, a character which at once 

 distinguishes it from all other British species of the 

 genus Vespertilio as restricted in this woric. Interfemoral 

 membrane ample ; the transverse lines, as in V. mysta- 

 cinus, very numerous. Fur soft, plentiful, brownish 

 black at the base; the surface reddish brown above, 

 sometimes dark brown and occasionally dark greyish 

 brown, ash-grey beneath : younger individuals are usually 

 darker, sometimes almost black. Membranes dusky, 

 with a reddish tinge ; the interfemoral whitish beneath. 

 Dimensions : — 



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