HORSE-SHOE BAT. 
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eaves of old buildings, and has generally a strong 
and unpleasant smell. 
HORSE-SHOE BAT. 
Vespertilio Ferrum equinum. F, caudatusy naso ferro equina simili^ 
auribm caput aquantihus non operculatis ^ cauda dimidia corporis 
longitudine. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 5 O. 
Bat with horse-shoe-shaped nose, valveless ears, and tail half the 
length of the body, 
Fer a Cheval. BuJ\ S. p. 131, 132.//. 17, 20. 
With a horse-shoe-shaped membrane at the 
tip of the nose: ears large, broad at the base, 
and sharp-pointed, inclining back\vard : no smaller 
or internal ear: colour of the upper part of the 
body deep cinereous; of the lower, whitish. There 
is said to be a greater and smaller variety: per- 
haps the male and female: the greater is above 
three inches and half long from the nose to the 
tip of the tail ; the extent of wings above four- 
teen : this species is found in France, and, very 
rarely, in England : it is also said to be found 
about the Caspian Sea. 
