36 THE VAMPIRE BAT. 



of its cage, but suspended itself from the roof or bars, head 

 downwards, with its wings wrapped round its body. Its appear- 

 ance was by no means ferocious. It was active yet docile, and 

 while in the Gardens it used to devour cherries. 



The British Museum contains specimens of the true blood- 

 sucking bats (Glossophaga ecaudata) from Brazil j the vampire 

 bat (Phyllostoma spectrum) -, the Egyptian bat (Pteropus ^Egyp- 

 tiacus) ; the striped-eared bat (P. marginatus) from India ; and the 

 Kiodate bat (P. rostratus} from Java : and the three last 

 mentioned are not " carnivorous sinners," but fruit-eaters. 



