. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 44 CHEIROPTERA. VESPERTILIONID*. VESPERTILl ONID^.. THE SEROTINE. Scotophilus serotinus. Eai-s oval-triangular, shorter than the head; tragus semicordate, curved towards the head, little more than one-third the length of the auricle; fur chestnut brown above, yellowish grey beneath. Gm^l. Desmae. Mammal, p. 137. KnHL, Deutsch. Flederm. sp. 9. Gtrat, Zool. Journ. II. p. 109. Jentns, Brit. Vert. p. 22. Geoff. Ann. Mus. VIII. p. 193, t. xlvii. xlviii. Gray, 1. u. Vespertilio turcomanus, Evebsm. Bull, de Moso. 1840, i. p. 21. ? meg
. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 44 CHEIROPTERA. VESPERTILIONID*. VESPERTILl ONID^.. THE SEROTINE. Scotophilus serotinus. Eai-s oval-triangular, shorter than the head; tragus semicordate, curved towards the head, little more than one-third the length of the auricle; fur chestnut brown above, yellowish grey beneath. Gm^l. Desmae. Mammal, p. 137. KnHL, Deutsch. Flederm. sp. 9. Gtrat, Zool. Journ. II. p. 109. Jentns, Brit. Vert. p. 22. Geoff. Ann. Mus. VIII. p. 193, t. xlvii. xlviii. Gray, 1. u. Vespertilio turcomanus, Evebsm. Bull, de Moso. 1840, i. p. 21. ? megalurus, Temm. Mon. de Mam. t. ii. p. 206. Blas. 1. c. p. 76, f. 51, 52. Dahbent. Mem. Acad. 1759, p. 380, t. ii. f. 1. BurFON, Hist. Nat. VIII. pp. 119, 129, t. xviii. f. 2. Vespertilio serotirms, ,, noctula, Scotophilus seroiimis, Vesperugo serotinus, La Serotine, The Serotine, notwithstanding the clear and intel- ligible description of Daubenton, was mistaken for the Noctule by GeofFroy, who described the one for the other. It was discovered by Daubenton, and forms one of the subjects of his excellent paper on the Bats in the Memoirs of the French Academy for 1759. It was also. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880; Tomes, Robert F; Alston, Edward Richard, 1845-1881. London, J. Van Voorst
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