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would lick his foot or a portion of his wing and rub his head with it 
the wrong way of the fur, and scratch himself rapidly behind the ear 
with one of his little thumb nails at the bend of his wing, the long 
bone of his fore-arm beating a tattoo on the glass beside him as he 
did so. The elasticity of the wing membrane is truly astonishing; 
he would seize an edge of it in his mouth and stretch it into all kinds of 
grotesque shapes in his endeavor to get it clean enough to suit his fancy, 
and sometimes, when at work on the inside, he would wrap his head 
up in it entirely, the thin rubbery stuff conforming to the general 
outline of his skull in the most startling manner.’’* 
On alighting a Bat attaches itself to the object by its wing hooks 
(pollex) and hind feet, with its head up. If it intends to rest for any 
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* American Animals, 1902, pp. 197-199. 
