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 Aving a Avhite 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 canaliculars , 



auriculis longis augustis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. ^.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 Avhitish, tinged Avith yellow : nostrils open 

 for a great A^ay 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. 



