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JAVELIN BAT. 



Vespertilio Hastatus. V. ecaudatus, naso foliato trifolii figuram 



amulante. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 47. 

 Tailless Bat, with a trefoil-shaped upright membrane on the 



nose. 



La Chauve-Souris a fer de lance. Buff. 13. /. 226. pi. 33. and 



suppl. 7. p. 292. pi. 74. 

 Javelin Bat. Pennant Quadr. 2. /. 309. 

 Vespertilio perspicillatus ? Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 47. 



With large pointed ears : an erect membrane 

 at the tip of the nose in the form of an ancient 

 javelin, having on each side two upright pro- 

 cesses : fur cinereous : size of a common Bat. In- 

 habits the warmer parts of America. This is by 

 Mr. Pennant made synonymous with the V. per- 

 spillatus of Linnreus, which is, however, consi- 

 dered as a distinct species in the Gmelinian edi- 

 tion of the Systema Natural 



GREAT SEROTINE BAT. 



Vespertilio Nasutus. V. ecaudatus ferrugineus, naso longo apice de- 



cli'vi, auribus longis erectis rotundatis. 

 Tailless ferruginous Bat, with long nose sloping at the tip, and 



long upright rounded ears. 

 La Grande Serotine de Guianne. Buff, suppl. j.p. 28g.pl. 73. 

 Great Serotine. Pennant ^uadr. 2. p. 318. 



With a very long, strait, and strong nose, slop- 

 ing down at the end : ears long, erect, dilated to- 

 wards the bottom, rounded at the end: colour of 



