THE LESSER HORSE-SHOE BAT 
caverns of limestone formation, or recesses in old buildings, hanging with 
its body almost wholly draped with the wings. Various observers have 
noticed the marvellous skill with which this species avoids any obstacle 
during flight. 
In Bell's British Quadrupeds, and ed. p. 98-99, the late R. F. Tomes, 
describing its powers, says " It literally flew into every part of the room, and 
behind and under everything, even under a bookcase standing against a wall, 
although there was scarcely a space of three inches between it and the 
floor. Some bookshelves in a recess especially attracted its attention, and 
after examining them diligently, it flew into a vacancy occasioned by the 
removal of a moderate octavo volume, and again into the open room, 
without having so much as touched anything with the tips of its wings." 
