THE LIVING WORLD. 
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attacked by vampires. 
whose body is as large as that of a small dog and which is hunted as an article 
of food. 
The smallest of bats is the Pteropus minimus of Java, but its diminu¬ 
tive size does not interfere 
with its having a tongue 
which it can protrude to the 
length of two inches. 
The Egyptian Wing- 
foot (. Pteropus aegyptiacus ) has 
eighteen inches of expanse 
to its wings. 
The Glossophaga, or 
Tongue-using Bats are 
found in Brazil and Guinea, 
and belong to the vampires. 
The Wart-lipped Vam¬ 
pires ( Stenoderma ) have their 
peculiarity indicated by their 
name. There is also a Tail¬ 
less Vampire ( Desmodes 
rufus ). 
Of the horse-shoe family of bats, mention may be made of the Egyptian 
species (. Rhinopoma microphyllus ); the pouched species belonging to Egypt 
( Nycteris thebaica ), and the 
one found in Java (Nicteris 
javanica ). 
Of the common bat family 
we may add at least the names 
of Vespertilio alecto, the Mo¬ 
zambique Green Bat ( Vesper - 
tilio viridis ), the Arboreal Bat 
of Europe ( Vespertilio serotinus) 
which lives in pairs, the Sene¬ 
gal Flying-bat (.Molossus dau- 
bentonii) and the Flying Mar¬ 
mot (Vespertilio nigrita). 
Doubtless the fact that bats 
frequented altars and feasted 
upon the remains of sacrifices 
added them at once to the sym¬ 
bolism in Egypt, and led to 
their presence at scenes of 
witchcraft. Shakespeare, whose 
knowledge of folk-lore was 
very great, makes one of Mac¬ 
beth’s witches say “But in a sieve I’ll thither sail, and, like a rat without a 
tail I’ll do, I’ll do, I’ll do.” And again when the witches make their 
demoniac broth, they say “ Wool of bat and tongue of dog.” Some eight or tern 
more bats deserve mention because of one peculiarity or another. 
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