136 BEARDED BAT. 
wings ten inches and a half. The head is shaped 
like that of a mouse : top of the nose a little bifid : 
ears short, broad, and rounded : no cutting-teeth : 
two canine in each jaw: tail very long, inclosed 
in the membrane, which is of a conic shape: 
head, body, and whole upper side of the membrane 
which encloses the tail, covered with long, soft 
hair of a bright tawny-colour, lightest on the 
head and beginning of the back: the belly 
paler : at the base of each wing a white spot : the 
wings thin, naked, and dusky; and the bones of 
the hind legs very slender. This is a native of 
North America, and seems to have been first de- 
scribed by Mr. Pennant: it is also found in New 
Zealand. 
BEARDED BAT. 
Vespertilio Hispidus. V, caudatus pilosus, naribus canaliculatis 3 
auriculis longis augustis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 48. 
Tailed hairy Bat, with channeled nostrils and long narrow ears. 
Bearded Bat. Pennant ^adr. 2. p. -^i^, 
A SMALL species: colour above reddish-brown; 
beneath whitish, tinged with yellow : nostrils open 
for a great way up the nose: hair on the forehead 
and under the chin very long: ears long and nar* 
row : tail included in a very veiny membrane. 
