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Again in Macbeth, Act iv., Scene 1— 
2np Wircw. “ Cool it with a Baboon’s blood : 
Then the charm is firm and good.” 
Othello. Acti., Scene 3. 
Pericles. Act. iv., Scene 6. 
Tue Marmoset, Hapale, or Midas sp.? 
The thirty-two known species of Marmosets have, comparatively 
speaking, a very limited geographical range, being confined to one 
sub-region (the Brazilian) of Mr. Wallace’s Neotropical Region. 
The following reference to the Marmoset by Shakspeare must, 
therefore, be taken in the light of a poet’s licence :— 
Caripan. “I pr’ythee, let me bring thee where crabs grow, 
And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts ; 
Show thee a jay’s nest, and instruct thee how 
To snare the nimble Marmoset,” &c. 
The Tempest. Act ii., Scene 2. 
Bats. 
It will perhaps be sufficient to class the Bats of Shakspeare in 
the large and universally distributed family Vespertilionide. 
Tue Common Bart, Vespertilio pipestrellus. 
«On the Bat’s back I do fly 
After summer, merrily,” &e. 
The Tempest. Act v., Scene 1. 
Mr. Harting remarks, in his Introduction to the ‘ Ornithology of 
Shakspeare’ (page 13, foot-note), “In the Midland Counties the 
Bat is often called ‘leathern-wings.’” Itis also occasionally called 
so in Hampshire, but more frequently rear-mouse. 
« Some, war with rear-mice for their leathern wings 
To make my small elves coats,” &c. 
Midsummer Night’s Dream. Act ii., Scene 8. 
Id. Act iii., Scene 2. 
Macbeth, while regretting that Banquo and his son Fleance 
