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surmise, that though in appearance perfectly natural, 
there might still have been practised some arts of de¬ 
ception in its structure.” An animal, “ exhibiting the 
perfect resemblance of the beak of a duck engrafted on 
the head of a quadruped,” might well excite suspicions 
of imposture, till its claim to be received as a genuine 
production of nature was confirmed, by the arrival of 
other specimens from the same locality. 
Case 25 contains the frugivorous Bats ( Pteropi ), as 
the Egyptian Bat ( Ptero-pus JEgyptiacus ), the Striped- 
eared Bat (P. marginatus ) from India, and the Kiodote 
(P- rostraius ? Horsf.) from Java. 
Case 26 contains the simple-nosed insectivorous Bats, 
as the Bull-dog Bat ( Noctilio rufus ? Spix), and various 
species of Molossus. 
In Case 27 is a continuation of the simple-nosed Bats, 
comprehending some of the European species of true 
Bats ( Vespertiliones ), amongst which are several English 
specimens. 
Case 28 contains the exotic species of the true Bats, 
amongst which the Kirivoula, or Striped Bat ( Vesper - 
tilio pictus, Gmel.), is remarkable for the beauty of its 
coloured wings. In this Case are also several specimens 
of the long-eared Bats, belonging to the genera Plecotus 
and Barbastellus. 
Case 29 contains specimens of those Bats that are 
distinguished by having foliaceous, membranous ap¬ 
pendages to the nose. The membranes vary consider¬ 
ably in form and number, and the individuals which are 
furnished with them, according to modern authors, con¬ 
stitute several distinct genera. In this Case is a spe¬ 
cimen of the Spectre, or Vampire Bat ( Phyllostoma 
spectrum ), and other species of the same genus; and 
also one of the true Blood-sucking Bats ( Glossophaga 
ecaudata , Geoff.), from Brazil i—a Rhinopoma, from 
India ( Rhinopoma Hardwickii , Gray),—Rhinolophi, or 
Bats with complicated nose-leaves, or Horse-shoe Bats 
(Rhmolophus tridens , Rh. uni-hastatus and Rh. bihas- 
tatus ), 
