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the hind feet are furnished with five toes, sharp clawed; the mem- 

 brane of the wings is dusky, shafts light brown; extent twelve 

 inches. In a cave, not far from Carlisle in Pennsylvania, I found 

 a number of these bats in the depth of winter, in very severe wea- 

 ther; they were lying on the projecting shelves of the rocks, and 

 when the brand of fire was held near them, wrinkled up their 

 mouths shewing their teeth; when held in the hand for a short 

 time, they became active, and after being carried into a stove room 

 flew about as lively as ever. 



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