DAUBENTON'S BAT 



visits to an artificial cave in the sandstone near Godalming, where I 

 found tw^o hibernating. These were in small crevices among the stones 

 in the roof of the cavern and soon became lively when brought into 

 a warm room. In summer Daubenton's Bat will often use a hollow tree 

 as a retreat during daylight. 



From the observations of Mr. Moffat {Irish Naturalist^ IQ^S? p- io6- 



107) it appears to fly throughout the night. Its winter retirement is 



said to last from the end of September till April. 



NATTERER'S BAT. 



Myotis Nattereri, Kuhl. 

 Plate 5. 



This species, the Reddish - grey Bat of Bell, measuring in expanse 

 of wings 1 1 inches or sometimes less, is easily distinguished from any 

 other British Bat by the interfemoral membrane, which is fiirnished 

 along its margin, between the end of the calcar or spur and the tail, 

 with a fringe of stiff hairs not unlike the teeth of a tiny comb. It is 

 also the lightest in colour of all our Bats. 



The ears are large and comparatively long ; the tragus, which is 

 about two- thirds the length of the ear, is narrow and pointed. There 

 are two prominent glands on each side of the upper part of the 

 muzzle, which is long, naked about the nostrils and lips but fringed with 

 hairs, more or less concealing the eyes. The gape is wide, the point 

 of the lower jaw below the lip frirnished with longish hairs. The 

 teeth number thirty-eight. The wings, compared with those of the 

 other members of this genus, are long and broad, the feet small. The 

 fur is soft and long, the colour of the upper parts a pale brown, 



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