THE NASEBEKRY BAT. 
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terranean habitations of several of these reptiles ; a 
circumstance which afforded subject of wondering 
comment to the vulgar, who suppose that they are 
truly monsters, with a head at each extremity. The 
depth of the burrow, which would be interesting 
to know, my friend has not mentioned. 
THE NASEBERRY BAT. 
It was at the Vineyard, near Black River, the 
residence of Sandford Forrest, Esq., that I first saw 
this little quaint Bat. I was spending a few days 
with him in the latter part of December, when it 
was struck down by one of the children in the house 
after sunset. The sultriness of a tropical climate 
obliges the inhabitants to dispense with the closeness 
of windows, at least to a great degree, and to sub- 
stitute for them the large Venetian blinds called 
jalousies. One inconvenience arising from this ar- 
rangement is, that no sooner are candles brought, 
than insects of all orders, particularly minute moths, 
Pyralidce, Tinece, &c., swarm around the lights, and 
spread themselves over the table* The entomologist 
regrets the annoyance less than others, as he thereby 
occasionally obtains specimens of great beauty and 
rarity. Those industrious insect-collectors, the Bats, 
resort thither also on such occasions, to pursue the 
same game, and perhaps, too, impelled by the pro- 
pensity which they have to enter narrow orifices. 
Hence we frequently see these sombre visitants, 
flitting on swift but silent wing around the room, 
usually retiring after taking two or three turns. 
