. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. CHAPTER VI THE ORDER OF BATS CHIROPTERA The strange wing-handed, fljang mammals composing this Order exhibit differences in form that are fairly bewildering. They range all the wa}' from the beautiful to the fantastic and the hideous, and some of them are well worthy of study. members of the Bat Order as a whole are almost as little known as the whales and porpoises of the deep sea. Our lack of acquaintance with bats is due chiefly to their nocturnal habits, and the consequ
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. CHAPTER VI THE ORDER OF BATS CHIROPTERA The strange wing-handed, fljang mammals composing this Order exhibit differences in form that are fairly bewildering. They range all the wa}' from the beautiful to the fantastic and the hideous, and some of them are well worthy of study. members of the Bat Order as a whole are almost as little known as the whales and porpoises of the deep sea. Our lack of acquaintance with bats is due chiefly to their nocturnal habits, and the consequent difficulty in observing them. To-day, bats are so little known that there are. Drawn by J. C' ribi: I'.L \i:ij. From a specimen in tlie Philadelpliia Academy of ^ciencey. BORNBAN NAKED BAT. The young are carried in two dorsal pouches, from one of which, under the left elbow, a small head protrudes. The great majority of bats are useful to man in destroying the insects which, without the aid of the birds and beasts, very soon would over- whelm him. The harmful species are those which destroy fruit, and a few which suck the blood of domestic animals. Owing to certain natural conditions, the perhaps a million persons who only know that they fly at night, and are "awful things to get into your ; I have seen thousands of bats, flying in many different places, but never yet saw one alight upon a woman's hair; and I believe they are no more given to doing so than are humming-birds. 59. 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 Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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