FREE-TAILED GROUP. 
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Harting, that in December 1888 he visited a cave in an island near Menos. “This 
cave is in a soft shale formation, and the top of the opening is about seven feet from 
the water at full tide. The bats were then in an active state, and the majority 
appeared to be flying homewards. There were few fish near the surface of the 
water, and comparatively little local fishing appeared to be going on. An 
occasional ‘swish’ now and again far out proved that the bats were trying to 
secure their prey. Five homeward-bound specimens were secured in the cave, 
about twelve yards from the mouth. The stomach of one specimen opened within 
half an hour contained much fish in a finely-divided and partially digested state. 
On the morning of the 81st I visited the cave from which the specimens were 
procured at 3 A.M., and found that the bats had apparently forgotten the previous 
disturbance. They came flying in in dozens, and two specimens were secured. 
Both contained considerable quantities of fish. I have opened several other 
specimens of these bats, and in the majority of cases fish-scales were found; but 
the stomachs of two were perfectly empty. This might be attributed to the 
absence of the desired fish in the locality.” 
The Long-Tailed Bat. 
Genus Rhinopoma. 
The last, and at the same time not the least, noteworthy member of the present 
subfamily, is the long-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum), which is found from 
LONG-TAILED BAT (nat. size). 
