GREAT BAT. 



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arque, et termine par une large tete, ou une espece de 

 paume." Nothing can be more correct than this discri- 

 mination, mutato nomine. 



Dimensions : — ■ 



Length of the head and body . 



„ of the head 



„ of the tail . 



,, of the ears 

 Breadth of the ears 

 Length of the tragus 



,, of the fore-arm . 

 Extent of the wings, 13 inches 8 lines to 14 inches and upwards. 



Dentition ; 



L I : C. i ; F. M. -3 : M. i = \\. 



The genus Scotophilus was established by Dr. Leach, 

 in a paper in the Linnaean Transactions, vol. xiii., and 

 adopted by Dr. Gray in the Magazine of Zoology and 

 Botany, vol. ii., 1838. 



