I 



HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 481 



Both thefe kinds bring only one young at a time, once 

 a year. 



The Spectre BAT 



is a native of South- America. It is called the Vampyre 

 by M. Buffon ; who fuppofes it to be one of the blood- 

 fucking tribe. 



Its nofe is long ; and at the end there is a membrane, 

 of a conical form, fomewhat like a horn, but flexile, 

 which gives it a hideous and difgufting afpecl:. It has 

 no tail. Its body is covered with long hair, of an afti 

 colour. 



The Senegal BAT 



has two cutting teeth in the upper, and fix in the under 

 jaw ; and two canine teeth, and eight grinders, in each 

 jaw : Its head is long, ears (hort and pointed, head and 

 body of a tawny-brown colour, belly lighter, length ra- 

 ther more than four inches, extent of the wings twenty- 

 one. 



The Bull- dog BAT. 



Its nofe is thick 5 lips large, and fomewhat pendulous ; 

 its ears are broad and round, the edges touching each 

 other in the front ; the upper part of the body is of a 

 deep afh colour, the lower paler; its tail is long; length 

 about two inches, — extent of the wings nine and a half : 

 It has twenty-fix teeth ; two cutting and two canine in 

 each jaw; eight grinders in the upper, and ten in the 

 lower jaw. 



H h 



