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CHEIROPTERA. 



VESPERTILIONIDiE. 



VESPERTILIONIDyE. 



COMMON BAT, FLITTER-MOUSE. 



PIFISTRELLE. 



Scotophilus pipistrellus. 



Ears two-thirds the length of the head, oval-triangular, notched on the 

 outer margin ; tragus nearly half as long as the auricle, almost straight, 

 thickened, obtuse, and rounded at the apex : fur reddish brown above, paler 

 beneath. 



pipi. 



Scotophilus murinus, 

 Vesperugo pipistrellus, 

 La Pipistrelle, 



Common Bat, 



Geoffkot, Ann. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. VIII. p. 195 



t. xlvii. xlviii. KnHL, Deutschl. Flederm. sp. 



12. Desmae. Mam. p. 139. Jenyns, Linn. 



Trans. XVI. p. 163. Id. Brit. Vert. p. 24. 

 Gray, 1. c. 



Blas. 1. c. p. 61, f. 39, 40. 

 Daubestoh, Mem. de I'Acad. des Sc. 1759, p. 381, 



t. i. f. 3. BCFFON, Hist. Nat. VIII. p. 129, 



t. xix. 

 Pennant, Brit. Zool. p. 184. 



We owe to the Rev. L. Jenyns the elucidation of the 

 synonymes of our Common Bat. In the 16th volume of 

 the Linnsean Transactions, that gentleman has given an 



