476 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS: 



The Long-eared BAT 



is only an inch and three quarters in length : The extent 

 of its wings is feven inches ; its ears are above an inch 

 long, very thin, and almoft tranfparent ; within each of 

 them -there is a membrane, refembling an ear, which 

 may poffibly ferve as a valve to defend the organs of 

 hearing during its inactive ftate. 



The NOCTULE, or Great BAT, 



is found in Great-Britain, but is not fo common as the 

 two laft mentioned : It is likewife found in France, and 

 is cqmmon in various parts of Ruflia. 



Its length is nearly three inches j that of the tail one 

 and feven-tenths ; the extent of the wings thirteen inch- 

 es ; the ears are fhorr, the hair of a reddifh-afh colour, 

 ar*d on the chin there is a very fmall wart. 



