. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE RED BAT. whitish-grey, ^^^th the tips of tlie liairs retl, producing a bay or reddish-brown tint on the back, wliilst the head, neck, and shoulders show more of a greyish cast; and that of the lower surface entirely grey. The membranes are of a reddish-brown colour, clothed above with hairs of the same tint on the basal part of the wings, and over the whole surface of the interfemoral membrane. The ears are broad, and rounded at the tip. This fine Bat has been observed in India, at Darjeling, and the Khasia Hills; it is also an inhabit
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE RED BAT. whitish-grey, ^^^th the tips of tlie liairs retl, producing a bay or reddish-brown tint on the back, wliilst the head, neck, and shoulders show more of a greyish cast; and that of the lower surface entirely grey. The membranes are of a reddish-brown colour, clothed above with hairs of the same tint on the basal part of the wings, and over the whole surface of the interfemoral membrane. The ears are broad, and rounded at the tip. This fine Bat has been observed in India, at Darjeling, and the Khasia Hills; it is also an inhabitant of Java and Sumatra. The skull and jaws in the Harpy Bat exhibit indications of considerable strength; in fact, the general aspect of the skull is very Dog-like, and the large size of the coronoid process of the lower jaw would seem to indicate that the whole is intended to form a powerful masticating apparatus. This notion is fm-ther borne out by the character of the teeth, which are very stout, the molars being furnished with short, blunt cusps, thickly coated with enamel, and admirably fitted to crush the hai-d cases of the Beetles, wliich appear, from the contents found in its stomach, to constitute the principal food of this Bat. Mr. Dobson remai-ks that " as we become better acquainted with the habits of these animals, it will probably be found that the food of this species is restricted to certain species of Coleoptera possessing extremely hard cases, wliich would effectually resist the feebler, although more acutely-pointed teeth of other Bats inliabiting the same localities. The form of the teeth, the great development of the coronoid process, and of the mandible, are all evidently subservient to the same object, and have been modified simultaneously to suit the food of the ;. SKVLL OF HAKr\ THE RED BAT.* The genus Atalapha, to which the Red Bat of North America belongs, is very nearly related to Nijcticfjus, and in fact its species h
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