TERNATE BAT. 
the hind feet; and the talons are very crooked, 
strong, and compressed sideways. It has no 
tail. The membrane is divided behind quite 
to the rump. The head is or a dark ferru- 
ginous colour ; on the neck, shoulders, and 
under side, it is of a much lio^hter and brijrhre: 
red; on the back, the hair is shorter, duskv, 
and smooth'; and the membranes of the wings 
are dusky. It varies in colour : some are en- 
tirely of a reddish brown ; others are duskv. 
This now described was one foot long ; and 
it's extent, from tip to tip of the wings, four 
feet : but they are found vastly larger. This 
species is not gregarious ; yet thev are found 
in numbers on the same tree, bv accidentailv 
meeting there in search of food. They iiy 
by day; and are seen arriving, one by one, to 
the spot which furnishes subsistence. If by 
any accident thev are affrighted, they will then 
quit the tree in numbers, and thus fortuitously 
form a flock. It is different with the other 
species. 
I'he Rougette," continues Pennant, " is a 
Bat with the same kind of teeth as the other, 
and t'le shapes of the head and body are the 
