54. VESPERTILIONlDiE. 



CHEIROPTERA. VESPERTILIONWJl. 



THE REDDISH-GREY BAT. 



Vespertilio Nattereri. 



Specific Character. — Ears oblong-oval, about as long as the head ; tragus 

 narrow-lanceolate, nearly two-thirds the length of the ear : interfemoral mem- 

 brane with the margin crenate and stiffly ciliated, from the end of the spur 

 to the tail : fur rufous grey above, whitish beneath. 



Vespertilio Nattereri, Kuhl, Deutschl. Plederm. p. 33, sp. 3, t. xxiii. Des- 

 MAR. Mam. p. 138. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 23. 



This species, to which the English name of Reddish- 

 grey Bat has been applied, from its prevailing colour, 

 was first described by Kuhl, and named by him after 

 our friend Dr. Natterer, the celebrated Austrian Natu- 

 ralist. In this country it appears to be of not unfre- 

 quent occurrence, though certainly local in its distri- 

 bution. Those in the British Museum were taken near 

 London ; Mr. Jenyns gives SwafFham in Cambridgeshire 

 as a habitat ; we have seen specimens belonging to Mr. 



