HORSE-SHOE BAT. 131 



eaves of old buildings, and has generally a strong 

 and unpleasant smell. 



HORSE-SHOE BAT. 



Vespertilio Ferrum equinum. V. caudatus, nasoferro equino simili> 

 auribus caput aquantibus non operculars, cauda dimidia corporis 

 longitudine. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 50. 



Bat with horse-shoe-shaped nose, valveless ears, and tail half the 

 length ot the body, 



Fer a Cheval. Buff. %.p. 131, 132.//. 17, 20. 



With a horse-shoe-shaped membrane at the 

 tip of the nose: ears large, broad at the base, 

 and sharp-pointed, inclining backward : no smaller 

 or internal ear: colour of the upper part of the 

 body deep cinereous; of the lower, whitish. There 

 is said to be a greater and smaller variety: per- 

 haps the male and female: the greater is above 

 three inches and half long from the nose to the 

 tip of the tail ; the extent of wings above four- 

 teen: this species is found in France, and, veiy 

 rarely, in England : it is also said to be found 

 about the Caspian Sea. 



