130 NOCTULE BAT. 
young ones clinging to their breasts in the act of 
sucking. One of them flew with perfect ease, 
though two little ones were thus attached to her, 
which weighed nearly as much as their parent. All 
the young were devoid of down, and of a black 
colour. 
NOCTULE BAT. 
Vespertilio Noctula. V, caudatusy naso oreque simplici, auriculis 
(rualibus operculatis ; operculo exili. Lin. Syst. Nat, Gmel. p. 48. 
Tailed Bat, with nose and mouth simple j oval ears and very- 
small valves. 
Noctule. Buff. 8. 1 28. //. 1 8. /. I . 
Great Bat. Pennant Brit. ZooL 
This species is considerably larger than the 
former; its extended wings measuring from four- 
teen to fifteen inches : the length from nose to the 
tip of the tail about four inches and a half. The 
nose is slightly bilobated : the ears small and round- 
ed : the body is fleshy an d plump : the shoulders very 
thick and muscular; the fur very soft and glossy 
and of a bright chesnut-colour. This is an inha- 
bitant of Britain and of France, but seems not to 
have been particularized as a distinct species, till 
described by M. Daubenton in Buffon's Natural 
History. It is said to be common in some parts 
of Russia, sheltering in caverns. It flies high in 
the air in search of food^ and does not skim near 
the surface like the smaller Bats. It has been 
occasionally found in great quantities under the 
