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 ORDER CHEIROPTERA. BATS. 



Tlie bat that with hook'd and leathery wings 



Clung to the cave-roof." SOUTHEY'S THALABA, bookix. st. 30. 



WHEN we see tlie Common Bat (Vespertilio pipistrellus} 

 flitting about after its insect prey in the dusk of the summer 

 evening, we at once recognise it as an insectivorous animal, 

 adapted for capturing its food in the air instead of on the 

 earth. We then are naturally led to inquire hy what means 



Fig. 334. SKELETON OF BAT.| 



t Fig. 334. SKELETON OF A BAT. cl, clavicle; 7i, humerus; CM, ulna; t 



carpus; o, .thumb; me, metacarpus; ph,\ phalanges; o, scapula; /, femur; t 



tibia. The several bones are indicated by the same letters as in the skeleton < 



the Camel, Fig. 289. 



