SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



250. 3. V. Noctula (the Noctule Bat.) Body yellow, with 

 the membranes brown-black. Ears like those of the Sero- 

 tine, but rather less in proportion to the head. Length of 

 body about three inches ; expanse of wings about sixteen 

 inches. 



Vespertilio Noctula, Herman's Obs. Zool. 17. Gmelin, 

 Si/s. Nat. I. 48. V. Lasiopterus, Schreb. V. Proterus, Kuhl^ 

 Deutch Flederm. 33. V. Serotinus, Geoff. Ann. Mus. viii. 



Noctule Bat, Penna7ifs Quad. 369. La Noctule, Dau- 

 benton, Mem. Acad. Set. 1759, 380. Great Bat, Pennant's 

 Brit. Zool. I. 



Icon. Schreb. Saugth, tab. 58. Daub. Mem. deVAcad. 8fc. 

 1759, tab. 15. f. 1. Young, F. Cuv. Mam. No. 38, t. 3. 



Inhabits the whole of Europe, but especially Ger- 

 many. 



Obs. The Noctule and the Serotine have been very much 

 confounded. Dr. Kuhl has given the distinctive characters 

 of the two at different ages. 



251. 4. V . Pipistrellus (the Pipistrelle.) Back blackish 

 brown, under parts inclining to yellow. Ears shaped like 

 those of the preceding; inner ears rounded at their termi- 

 nation. Length of body little more than an inch ; expanse 

 of wings about seven inches. 



Vespertilio Pipistrellus, Lin. Schreb. Geoff. Kuhl. 



La Pipistrelle, Daub. Mem., de I' Acad. Sfc. 1759. The 

 Pipistrelle, Pen. Quad. u. 318. 



Icon. Daubenton, I. c. fig. 3. Buff. t. viii. pi. 18. /. 2. 

 Schreb. tab. 54. Geoff. Ann. Mus. t. viii. pi. 47 and 48. 



Inhabits various parts of Europe. 



Var. a. With the points of the hairs ash-coloured; found 

 in Egypt by M. GeotFroy. 



Icon. Geoff. Descrip. d'Egt/pte, f. 1. /. 3. Skull, f. 4* 

 /. 585. 



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