MAMMALIA. PRIMATES. Bat. 95 



11. Nodule. — 10. Vefpertilio noftula. 10. 



Has a tail : The nofe and lips are ample ; the ears are oval, and provided with a very 

 fmall valve, or fecondary ear. Schreber, i. 166. tab. Hi. 



Bat. Gefner, av. 694. & pi. Aldrov. ornith. 575. f. p. 576.— Noftule. Sin. Buff. iv. 317. 

 3d fpec. p. 322. pi. xci. fig. 1. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 407.— Great bat. Brit. zool. i. 128. and 

 D°. illuft. tab. ciii. 



Inhabits France, Germany, Britain, and Ruffia.— The nofe is (lightly two-lobed ; the ears are final) 

 and rounded; the chin has a fmall wart; the length of the body is near three inches, the extent of 

 the wincrs about thirteen, and the tail one inch feven tenths long. This fpecies lias been found in 

 great numbers at Cambridge. It never fkims along the ground, but flies high in fearch of food ; is 

 fometimes larger than the above meafures : Like the former it breeds in rummer. 



12- Serotine. — 11. Vefpertilio Serotinus. 11. 



Has a tail : Is of a yellowifh brown colour, having fliort ears with thickened edges. 

 Schreber, i. 167. pi. liii. 



Serotine. Sin. Buff. iv. 317. 4th fpec. p. 323. pi. xci. fig. 2. Penn. hift. of qu A. 11. 408. 



Inhabits France, Germany, and Siberia, beyond Lake Baikal. — This fpecies is about two inches and 

 a half long : The ears are fbort, and broad at the bafe ; the body is of a brown colour, mixed with 

 rufty yellow, the belly paler, and the wings are blackifh. 



13. Pipiftrelle. — 12. Vefpertilio Pipijlrellus. 12. 



Has a tail: Is of a browniih- black colour; having a funk fore-head, and oval, thick- 

 edged ears, fcarcely fo long as the head. Schreber, i. 167. tab. liv. 

 Pipiftrelle. Sm. Buff', iv. 317. 5th fpec. p. 323. pi. xcii. fig. 2. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 409. 



Inhabits France, more rarely in Germany, and is common in the mountainous parts of Ruffia and 

 Siberia. —This is the fmalleft and leaft uggly of all the bats : The upper lip is turgid, the eyes are 

 fmall and much funk, and the fore-head is covered with longifh hair. It is not above an inch and a 

 quarter in length, and fix inches and a half in extent : The upper parts of the body are of a very 

 dark yellowifh brown, and the lower parts of a dufky brown or black colour, with yellow lips. 



14. Barbaftelle. — 13. Vefpertilio Barbajlellus. 13. 



Has a tail: The cheeks are tumid and hairy; and the ears are large and angular at their 

 lower parts. Schreber, i. 168. tab. Iv. 

 Barbaftelle. Sm. Buff. iv. 317. 6th fpec. p. 323. pi. xcii. fig. I. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 410. 



Inhabits Burgundy in France. — This fpecies appears to have large whifkers, owing to the turgid-* 

 nefs of the cheeks, which form a kind of pudding, on each fide, above the lips : The muzzle is very 

 ftiort, the nofe much flattened, and the eyes are placed near the ears ; the ears are very broad, (a 



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