136 BEARDED BAT. 



wings ten inches and a half. The head is shaped 

 like that of a mouse : top of the nose a little bifid : 

 ears short, broad, and rounded: no cutting-teeth: 

 two canine in each jaw: tail very long, inclosed 

 in the membrane, which is of a conic shape: 

 head, body, and whole upper side of the membrane 

 which encloses the tail, covered with long, soft 

 hair of a bright tawny-colour, lightest on the 

 head and beginning of the back: the belly 

 paler : at the base of each wing a white spot : the 

 wings thin, naked, and dusky; and the bones of 

 the hind legs very slender. This is a native of 

 North America, and seems to have been first de- 

 scribed by Mr. Pennant : it is also found in New 

 Zealand. 



BEARDED BAT. 



Vespertilio Hispidus. V. caudatus pilosus, naribus canaliculatis, 



auriculis longls augustis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 48. 

 Tailed hairy Bat, with channeled nostrils and long narrow ears. 

 Bearded Bat. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 313. 



A small species: colour above reddish-brown; 

 beneath whitish, tinged with yellow : nostrils open 

 for a great way up the nose : hair on the forehead 

 and under the chin very long : ears long and nar- 

 row : tail included in a very veiny membrane. 



