THE VAMPYRE BAT. Q/ 



her, which weighed nearly as much as their parent* 

 All the young were devoid of down, and of a black 

 colour *. 



From Linnaeus we learn, that the female makes 

 no nest for her young, as most birds and quadrupeds 

 do. She is content with the first hole she finds, 

 where, sticking herself by her hooks against the 

 sides of her apartment, she permits her young to 

 hang at the nipple, and in this manner continues 

 for the first or second day. When, after some time, 

 the dam begins to grow hungry, and finds a ne- 

 cessity of stirring abroad, she takes her little ones off 

 and sticks them to the wall, in the manner she before 

 hung herself, where they immoveably cling, and 

 patiently wait till her return. 



Bats may be caught by throwing into the air the 

 heads of Burdock, whitened with flour. Either 

 mistaking these for prey, or dashing casually against 

 them, they are caught by the hooked prickles, and. 

 brought to the ground-}-. 



THE VAMPYRE BAT '^,. 



The Vampyre Bat is in general about a foot long, 

 and in the extent of its wings near four feet ; but it 

 is sometimes found larger, and specimens have been 

 seen of six feet in extent. Its general colour is a 



* Sliaw's Gen. Zool. i. 129. t Linn. Gnicl. I 48. 



J Synonyms. — Vespeitilio vampyrus. Linn. — Ternate Bat. Penn, 

 — Great Bat. Edxvards.—PMmsctte. Buffon. — Pero volador, in New 

 Spain. Stcdman. S/iUXi-'s Gen. ^ooL pi. -14. 



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