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NATURAL HISTORY. 
to be a habit of all these Bats. The lower lip is cleft, and the margins of the fissure furnished with 
warts, a construction which also contributed to raise a suspicion of the sanguinary habits of the 
animals. The horseshoe-shaped part of the nose-leaf is very imperfectly developed, and the organ 
consists chiefly of the lance-shaped leaf ; there arc four incisor teeth in a close row in each jaw, the 
two middle ones in the upper jaw larger and broader than the others ; the upper jaw has two and the 
lower three premolars on each side, and there are three true molars on each side in both jaws. 
The Soricine Bat has received a great number of names ; at least, numerous supposed species 
founded upon slight differences of colour, &c., are regarded by Professor Peters as all referable to the 
species described by Pallas, in 1766, under the name of Vespertilio soricinw. It is a small Bat about 
two inches and a quarter long including the tail, which measures about one-sixth of an inch, and is 
kf.i>man*s HAT. (Three-fourths Natural Size. From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society.) 
enclosed within the interfemoral membrane. The ears are of moderate size and separate, with small, 
pointed tragi ; and the body is clothed with a rather long, soft, and thick fur, usually of a rusty 
greyish-brown colour, paler on the lower surface. This Bat inhabits the whole of the warmer part of 
South America, extending from the Brazilian coast to the Andes, and northwards into Venezuela and 
Guatemala. It is said to feed chiefly on insects, but probably, like the following species, diversifies 
its food by eating succulent fruits, this being apparently the purpose for which these animals are 
endowed with their peculiar tongue. 
REDMAN’S BAT* 
The genus Monophyllus is nearly allied to Glossophaga , but has the incisor teeth in pairs, and the 
lower ones exceedingly small. The interfemoral membrane forms a narrow border running up the 
legs, and crossing from side to side; and the tail, although short, projects beyond the membrane. 
The teeth are — incisors, |=|, canines, ~, premolars, ®=|, molars, The only known species is 
# Monophyllus Redmanii. 
