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JAVELIN BAT. 
Vespertilio Hastatus. ecaudatus, naso foliato trifolii figurant 
amulante. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel, p. 47. 
Tailless Bat, with a trefoil-shaped upright membrane on the 
nose. 
La Chauve-Souris a fer de lance. Buff. 13. 226. //. 33. and 
suppl. 7. p. 292. pi. 74. 
Javelin Bat. Pennant ^adr. 2. p. 309. 
Vespertilio perspicillatus ? Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 47. 
With large pointed ears : an erect membrane 
at the tip of the nose in the form of an ancient 
javehn, having on each side two upright pro- 
cesses : fur cinereous : size of a common Bat. In- 
habits the warmer parts of America. This is by 
Mr. Pennant made synonymous with the V. per- 
spillatus of Linnaeus, which is, however, consi- 
dered as a distinct species in the GmeHnian edi- 
tion of the Systema Naturae. 
GREAT SEROTINE BAT. 
Vespertilio Nasutus. F, ecaudatus ferrugineus, naso longo apice de- 
cli'viy auribus longis erect is rotundatis. 
Tailless ferruginous Bat, with long nose sloping at the tip, and 
long upright rounded ears. 
La Grande Serotine de Guianne. Buff, suppl. J.p. 289.//. 73. 
Great Serotine. Pennant ^adr. 2. p. 318. 
With a very long, strait, and strong nose^ slop- 
ing down at the end : ears long, erect, dilated to- 
wards the bottom, rounded at the end : colour of 
