. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. BATS -11 the rods. It is difficult to give any satisfactory account of this phenomenon, and yet the experiments from which the knowledge of it has been derived, are well authenticated, and have been fre- quently repeated. It has been attributed to the great extent and uncommon delicacy of the membrane constituting the wings, and of that lining the car, which have been supposed to render the animal capable of judging, f
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. BATS -11 the rods. It is difficult to give any satisfactory account of this phenomenon, and yet the experiments from which the knowledge of it has been derived, are well authenticated, and have been fre- quently repeated. It has been attributed to the great extent and uncommon delicacy of the membrane constituting the wings, and of that lining the car, which have been supposed to render the animal capable of judging, from the impressions made upon it by the air, of the relative distances and positions of external objects. The Common Bat The following characters belong to the various species of bats. The skin of the body is laterally. The Common Bat. prolonged to the extremities of the toes; the toes, or fingers of the fore-limbs, much longer than those of the hinder, united by broad membranes, usually without claws; the thumb separated, but always very short in proportion to the other toes, except in the genus pteropus, and always armed with a strong and very sharp claw. The toes of the hind feet are united, very short, and pro- vided with very strong nails. The cutting-teeth are sometimes wanting in one of the jaws, and vary in number from two to six. The canine-teeth are very strong, and the grinders in most in-. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Philadelphia : Crawford & Co.
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