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Critical Observations on the Notch -eared Bat. 

 By R. F. Tomes, Esq. 



1. From Geoffroy. 2. From Cocks. 3 aud 4. From Dj Selys Longchamp?. 



5. From Bonaparte 6. From one of my own specimens taken in Warwickshire. 



7. From one of the specimens in the collection of M. Verreaux. 



Several records having lately appeared of the occurrence of the 

 notch-eared bat {Vesperiilio emarginatus), a somewhat doubtful spe- 

 cies, and having paid some attention to this order of Mammalia and 

 collected some specimens of the so-called species, I am induced to 

 collect together as much of its history as lies within my reach, hoping 

 that it may prove useful to any collector who may have the fortune to 

 obtain examples for investigation. 



The first notice is by Geoffroy St. Hilaire, in the eighth volume of 

 the ' Annates du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle,' accompanied by a 

 figure of the entire animal, of the head and of the skull. The 

 description is exceedingly meagre, and no dimensions are given, but 

 the figure is stated to be of the size of Nature. 



M. Geoffroy examined specimens from Abbeville, from the fortifi- 

 XII. 2 E 



