. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 598 bat. The border of the ear is Hght brown, and there is no clump of hair on the back of the fore arm. On the back, neck, and head, the base of the hairs is reddish black abruptly changing to pinkish buff, and this in turn shading to bright chestnut. The tips of the longer hairs are white. The hairs on the posterior three-fourths of the interfemoral membrane lack the black at the base, otherwise they resemble those on the back. To- ward the face the darker tips of the shorter hairs dis- f///^^ appear, the general color being a light buff. There i
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 598 bat. The border of the ear is Hght brown, and there is no clump of hair on the back of the fore arm. On the back, neck, and head, the base of the hairs is reddish black abruptly changing to pinkish buff, and this in turn shading to bright chestnut. The tips of the longer hairs are white. The hairs on the posterior three-fourths of the interfemoral membrane lack the black at the base, otherwise they resemble those on the back. To- ward the face the darker tips of the shorter hairs dis- f///^^ appear, the general color being a light buff. There is a tuft of white hairs at Fig. 10. Head and ear of red bat. (Allen.) thc baSC of thc thumb and along the base of the fourth finger. At the side of the neck the white tips of the hairs are so long that they form a white patch. The white tips are also rather more conspicuous over the throat than over the most of the body. The breast, the belly, and adjacent parts of the wing-membrane are a pale fawn-color. According to Merriam* this species flies earlier in the evening than other bats do, and has even been seen flying in a cloudy after- noon. It is often taken here in the early evening within the city limits, especially in the early summer when encumbered with its young. It is frequently found attached to twigs of trees and shrubs, and in that position very closely resembles a dead leaf—an interesting example of protective mimicry. The red bat and the hoary bat differ from all other bats in this vicinity in having four mammas instead of two. The young are produced in May or June, and are two to four in number. They are nursed for some time, and are found clinging to the mother when they are at least half grown. I have never found more than two that were over one-fourth grown attached at the same time, how- ever, though a female with a single half-grown one attached is very common. It is difficult to imagine how the mother could carry her whole family at once when they reach th
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