474 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The 



B A T. 



IHIS Angular animal is diftinguiftied from every 



1 other quadruped by being furniftied with wings, 

 and feems to poflefs a middle nature between four-footed 

 animals and birds : It is allied to the one by the faculty 

 of flying only, to the other both by its external and in- 

 ternal ftruclure : In each refpeet it has the appearance 

 of an imperfect animal. In walking, its feet feem to be 

 entangled with its wings, and it drags its body on the 

 ground with extreme aukwardnefs. Its motions in the 

 air do not feem to be performed with eafe : it raifes it- 

 felf from the ground with difficulty, and its flight is la- 

 boured and ill-direcT:ed ; from whence it has very fignifi- 

 cantly been called the Flitter-Mouse. — — There are 

 feveral varieties of the Bat kind. 



The Short-eared BAT 



is found in almoft every part of Europe, and is moft 

 commonly known in Great Britain.— Its ufual length is 

 about two inches and a half ; the extent of the wings 

 nine inches. 



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