COXTEXTS. 
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CHAPTER V. 
EMBALLONUKIIVK, OR THICK-LEGGED EATS. PAGE 
Characteristics of tlie Emballon uridcc , or Thick-i.egged Eats — Cuvier’s Fury — The Genus Saccoptery:c — Striped Sack- 
winged Bat — The Pouch or Sac in the Wing-membrane— Dentition — Mountain Eat— Tomb Bat— Origin of its 
Name — Dentition — The Peculiar Sac or Pouch under the Chin — Other Species of the Genus (note) — Egyptian 
Rhi nopome -Difficulty of Assigning its True Place in the System— Characteristics — Great Hare-LLPPED Bat — 
Seba's Description Linmeus's Mistake— Dentition Distribution — The Genus Nydinomus — Cestoni’s Eat Pale 
Chestnut Mastiff Eat— Distribution— Habits— Smoky Mastiff Bat— Habits— Collared Bat Hideous Ugli- 
ness — Characteristics — New Zealand Short-tailed Bat —Characteristics — Mr. Dobson on the 'Wing-membrane, 
Thumb, and Foot 312 
CHAPTER VI. 
PlIYLLOSTOMin.K, OR VAMPIRES. 
Distinguishing Marks of the Phyllostomidce — Location — Diet Blood-sucking Propensities — Exaggerations of the Older 
Writers — Testimony of Azara — Darwin’s Evidence —Bat-bites— The Witness of Bates, Wallace, Fraser, Prince 
Maximilian — Conclusion of the Whole Matter — The Desmodonts and Javelin Bat — The Tongue in the Genus Phyl- 
lostoma — Blainville’s Bat — E xtraordinary Development of Face and Head— Owl faced Bat Javelin Bat — 
Allied Species — Vampire Bat — Mr. Bates’ Testimony to its Inoffensiveness, and Description of its Habits Xeu- 
wied’s Large-leafed Bat— Great-eared Leaf Bat— Soricine Eat— Redman’s Bat— Sezekorn’s Leap Bat- 
Spectacled Stenoderm —Jamaican Stenoderm Dksmodcs— Dentition- Blood-sucking Propensities — The Bites 
— Stomachs of Desmodus, Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats — Concluding Remarks 324 
ORDER INSECTIVORA. 
CHAPTER I. 
COLUGOS — BANGSRINGS — JUMPING SHREWS — HEDGEHOGS — TANllECS — RIVER SHREWS. 
Functions of the Insect-eaters in the Order of Nature -Their Leading Peculiarities — Classification — COLUGOS — Various 
Opinions regarding them Place — Colugo, or Flying Lemur — The Pat ay it mi Parachute-like Membrane Dentition 
—Offspring Diet Eangsrtng.s -Tana— Ferruginous Baxgsring- Horsfield's Bangswng Low's Ptilo- 
cerque -Short-tailed Bangsring Jumping Shrews Elephant Shrew -Algerian Jumping Shrew Pktro- 
dromi: Kiiynchocyon Hedgehog— Characteristics Distribution —Diet —Attacks Snakes and Vipers Taste for 
Eggs and Gsune Its ‘‘Spiny Skin" — “ Rolled up’’ Enemies— Female and Young— Long-eared Hedgehog — 
Collared Hedgehog Bulau Tan recs— Tank bp -Ten drag -Telfair’s Tend kac— Rice Tendrac Eared 
Earth Shrew— Agouta— Almiqui— West African iPver Shrew 342 
CHAPTER II. 
GOLDEN MOLES — MOLES — DESMANS — SHREWS. 
-General Description of the Golden Mole Family Their Points of Difference from the True Mole — The Cape Golden 
MoLe -Its Varieties— The Family of True Moles- The Common Mole —Described- Distribution— Teeth— Fore- 
limbs Breast-bone Not a Miserable Creature Extreme Voracity Diet His Blindness a Popular Error A 
Thirsty Soul -His Fortress The Roads leading to it Speed of a Frightened Mole Mole-hills " A- wooing— 
Hi* Strong Family Affections His Persecution a Doubtful Benefit The Blind Moll Several Allied Species 
The Star -nosed Mole Its Snout The Common Shrew Mole- Oilier Species in the United States The 
Family of Desmans The Desman Its Otter-like Habits - Its Trunk The Pyrenean Desman The Hairy - 
tailed Mole-Shrew The Family of Shrews The Common Shrew, or Shrew-Mouse -Superstitions about it 
-Dekay’s Shrew— The Garden Shrew The Tuscan Shrew The Rat-tailed Shrew- The Water 
Shrew — Essentially Aquatic — Its Prey— Allied Species — The Tibetan Water Shrew — The Tailless Shrew 
— Concluding Remarks — Classification — Distribution — Affinities 365 
