482 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The Bearded BAT. 



The noflrils of this animal are not feparated by a car- 

 tilage, as in moil animals, but are placed on the fide of a 

 fmall gutter or furrow, which is open from one end to 

 the other j the ears are long and narrow ; the upper part 

 of the head and body is of a reddiuVbrown colour, — the 

 lower part whitifli, tinged with yellow > hair on the fore- 

 head and under the chin very long ; length of the body 

 about an inch and a half, — extent of the wings little 

 more than feven. 



The Striped BAT 



has a fmall, fhort nofe ; ears fhort, broad, and pointing 

 forward. — Thefe Bats vary in colour. The body is ge- 

 nerally of a clear brown,— the under part whitifli : Its 

 wings are ftriped with black, and fometimes with yellow 



and brown. — Length of the body two inches.— It is a 



native of Ceylon, where it is called Kiriwonla. 



To this we may add a very minute kind, mentioned by 

 Mr Forfter, which was feen and heard in myriads on the 

 ifland of Tanna, one of the New Hebrides \ but every 

 attempt of our voyagers to obtain a nearer infpeclion of 

 them, failed of fuccefs. 



Bats differ very much in the number and difpofition of 

 their teeth, which has occasioned no fmall confufion in 

 the arrangements of fyftematic writers; fome of them 

 being furnifhed with two, others with more, cutting 

 teeth in each jaw. 



