Class I. RARBASTELLE BAT; 183 



the common kind, is the ears, which in this. are. 

 above an inch long, very thin, and almost trans- 

 parent ; within each of these is a lesser ear, or 

 at least a membrane resembling one, which, as 

 Mr. Edzvards ohsei'ves, may possibly serve as a- 

 valve to close the larger, in the sleeping state of 

 this animal. 



VespertUio Barbastellus. V. can- La Barbastelle, De Btiffon 43. ^akbaS' 



datus, buccis elatis pilosis, Toffl.viii.-lSO.Totfc. xix.^g. telle. 



auriculis magnis inferius an- 1. Schreher. 203. Tal. Iv. 



gulatis. Gm. Lin. 48, Hist.quad.i'i.No.dlJ.p. 31Q. ' - 



X HE Barbastelle has a sunk fore-head : Ions? 



and broad ears, the lower part of the_ inner sides 



of which touch each other, and conceal the face 



and head when looked at in front. The nose 



is short; the end flatted ; the cheeks full. The ^^ 



upper part of the body is of a dusky brown ; the '- ' 



lower ash-colored and brown. Its leno-th to 



the rump is about two inches ; that of the tail 



nearly the same ; its extent ten and a half. 



Mr. Soxverby in his British Miscellany, p, 9. 

 Tab. v. first announced the discovery of this 

 species in England: it was found in the powder 

 mills at Dartford. Mr. Montagu observed it 

 about the same time in Devonshire, and has 

 given a full description of it in the ninth volume, 

 p. 171 of the Zi««<^6f/2 Transactions. Ed. ' 



