THE BAT. 



Generic Characters. 

 The fore feet furnifhed with long extended toes, connected by broad, 



thin membranes, that reach to the hind legs. 

 Ears mort. 



Synonims. 



Bat, Flitter Mouse, Raii Syn. Quad. 243. 

 Vespertilio, Plinii, lib. x. c. Oi. Gefner Quad. 766. 

 Rear Mouse, Charlton Ex. 80. 

 Vespertilio Major, Klein Quad, 61. 

 Vespertilio murinus, Linn. Syjl. 47. 

 Common Bat, Pennant Hifl. Quad. vol. ii. p. 3 19. 

 Le Grande Chauve-eouris de notre Pais, de Bujfon, viii. 1 i 3. 

 tab. xvi. 



THIS lingular animal feems to form a connecting link in the great chain 

 of nature, between the Quadrupeds and the winged inhabitants of the air. 

 Yet we are at no lofs refpecting its true ftation in natural hiftory, lince its 

 wings are the only mark of alliance with the birds, whilft it is evidently 

 related to the four-footed tribe, both by its internal and external formation. 

 In either capacity, however, it feems imperfect; its motions on the ground 

 being awkward and encumbered, its afcent difficult, and its flight ill- directed : 

 a circumftance which has induced Mr. Ray to give it the lignificant appellation 

 of the " Flitter Moufe." 



