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long, the forehead narrow and incurvated, and the cerebral 

 case oblong. Its fur is of two colours, dark ashen at the 

 origin of the hairs and red at the points above, and white 

 under the belly. 



Preserved specimens of this species are sometimes of a 

 tolerably bright red, but this is probably owing to the li- 

 quor in which they are kept. A numerous assemblage of 

 these bats were found in the church Des Grands Jesuites, 

 in the Faubourg St. Antoine, in Paris. They were of all 

 ages. The young had a shorter muzzle, the fur somewhat 

 coarser, and of a tint in general more bordering on ash- 

 colour. The males did not differ from the females except 

 in the fact of the colours being generally a little brighter. 



In the last expedition of MM. Peron and Lesueur to the 

 Austral regions was discovered a new species of the muri- 

 nus. These gentlemen sent to the French museum two 

 individuals exactly alike, and much larger, and of a clearer 

 colour than our European murinus. The back was of a 

 clear yellowish-ashen, and the belly of a decided white. 

 We do not know where they were found. 



The bat of Carolina vesp. Carolinensis, is smaller than 

 the preceding ; but in other respects there is a strong re- 

 semblance. The ears and auriculae are of the same form 

 and the same relative dimensions. The fur is likewise of 

 two colours, dark ash-colour in the origin, and marron 

 brown at the points. The extremities of the fur under- 

 neath are of a yellowish colour as it approaches the belly. 

 The ears are provided with hairs for more than half their 

 length, and there is a small portion of the tail not enve- 

 loped in the interfemoral membrane. These peculiarities, 

 joined to the difference of colour, have seemed sufficient to 

 the French naturalists to establish the non-identity of spe- 

 cies between this and the common bat. The propor- 

 tions of the cranium give additional strength to this opi- 



