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A Bat 
with a 
head-light I 
forced to shoot the big bully for the express purpose 
of getting him out of the way. In collecting these 
tropical Hummers one soon learns that it is a pleasant 
as well as convenient plan to hold the bird by placing 
its bill between the lips while preparing the paper cone 
for its reception. 
There were plenty of Bats out this evening but 
we had bad luck witn them and did not get a single 
specimen. I lost a chance at one of the big ones in the 
following manner. It was nearly dark and I was standing 
in the road irith cocked gun, watching the lane of clear 
sky between the tree tops when I saw a Bat of about the 
same size and probably of the same species as the one 
killed last evening, coming sYriftly but steadily. It 
was an easy shot and I was on the very point of pulling 
when suddenly, from the creature’s nose , blazed out a 
light as brilliant as, and closely resembling that of, 
the big tropical fire-fly ( Elater) . Turning to one side, 
the Bat next plunged directly into the cacao grove which 
borders the river and for the distance of fifty yards or 
more it wound its way through , not merely among, the 
foliage, many of the leaves of vhiich were for an instant 
distinctly and rather brightly illuminated as is the 
case when an Elater uses his lamp to find his way amid 
