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and three quarters: extent of wings about fifteen. 

 Mr. Pennant observes, that the specimen of this 

 animal in the Leverian Museum is of a fine straw- 

 colour: the belly dull white. 



STRIPED BAT. 



Vespertilio Pictus. V. caudatus, naso simplici, aurkulis infundibuli- 



formibus appendicular \ Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 42. 

 Tailed Bat, with simple nose and funnel-shaped appendiculated 



ears. 

 Autre Chauve-Souris. Buff". 10. p. gz.pl. 20. f. 3. 



This is a Ceylonese species, and is one of the 

 smaller Bats, measuring from nose to the end of 

 the tail two inches. Its colour above is brown ; 

 the wings striped with black, and sometimes with 

 tawny and brown : it varies sometimes in the co- 

 lour of the body, which is reddish brown, with 

 the under parts whitish : the nose is small and 

 short : the ears short, broad, and pointing for- 

 wards. 



NEW-YORK BAT. 



Vespertilio Noveboracensis. V. caudatus, cauda longa, naso brevi 

 acuto, auribus brevibus rotundis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. Gmel. p. 50. 



Long-tailed ferruginous Bat, with short sharp nose, short round 

 ears, and a white spot at the base of each wing. 



New- York Bat. Pennant Quadr. z. p. 313. 



Length from nose to tail two inches and a 

 half: tail one inch and eight tenths : extent of 



