THE WHALES. 
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commonest species is the little brown bat ( Vespertilio sub- 
ulatus)\ nearly as common is the red bat or Atalapha 
noveboracensis. 
Order 5. Cete {Cetacea, Whales). — The foregoing orders 
belong to a series called Ineditcaiilia, because they are not 
generally so intelligent as the succeeding orders, their braill 
