44 TERTBBBATEB. 



The Spectre Bat is a species very similar in its habits »*> 

 the one just described. It is a smaller animal, not exceeding 

 seven inches in the length of its body, and two feet in the extent 

 of the membrane of its wings- It is an inhabitant of South 

 America and New Holland, and exists in immense numbers. It 

 has the same propensity for drawjng blood as the Vampyre, s-nd 

 is said to cause great injury and destruction amMg cattle by this 

 means. In New Holland, twenty thousand have been computed 

 to be seen within the compass of a mile. It is of i mild dispo- 

 sition, and is easily tamed and domesticated. 



CHAPTER IV 



DIVISION I.— VEETEBRATES. 



CLASS I. — MAMMALS. 



ORDER III. — QUADRUPEDS. 



I. CLAWED QUADRUPEDS. 



This order includes a great number, and a great variety of 

 animals, which, with a few exceptions, are furnished with the 

 tree kinds of teeth, differing more or less in shape from those of 

 man and the monkeys, to adapt them to the mastication of animal 

 food, upon which they wholly, or in part, subsist. The animals 

 of this Order are subdivided into Quadrupeds with claws, and 

 Quadrupeds with hoofs; and under these again we have still other 

 subdivisions,' which will be indicated in their proper order. 



. /. Carnivorous Quadrupeds. 



THE OAT TRIBE. 



The Lion is entitled to the first place among wild beasts 

 His figure is striking, his look confident and bold, his gait proud, 



