520 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS 



THE SPECTRE BAT. 



( Vesper tilio Spectrum, Linn. Lc Vampire, Buff.) 



ITS nose is long; and at the end there is a mem- 

 brane, of a conical form, somewhat like a horn, but 

 flexile, which gives it a hideous and disgusting 

 aspect. It has no tail. Its body is covered with 

 long hair, of an ash colour. It is found in Surinam. 

 Stedman, in his account of that colony, particularly 

 describes it, and says that it is fond of human 

 blood. 



THE SENEGAL BAT. 



HAS two cutting teeth in the upper, and six in 

 the under jaw; and two canine teeth, and eight 

 grinders, in each jaw: its head is long, ears short 

 and pointed; head and body of a tawny brown 

 colour, belly lighter; length rather more than four 

 inches ; extent of the wings twenty-one. It is 

 found in Senegal. 



THE BULL-DOG BAT. 



ITS nose is thick; lips large, and somew^hat pen- 

 dulous; its ears are broad and round, the edges 

 touching each other in the front; the upper part of 

 the body is of a deep ash colour, the lower paler; 

 its tail long; length about two inches; extent of 

 the wings nine and a half: it has twenty-six teeth ; 

 two cutting and two canine in each jaw; eight 

 grinders in the upper, and ten in the lower jaw. It 

 inhabits the West Indies. 



THE BEARDED BAT. 

 THE nostrils of this animal are not separated by a 



