. British zoology . Class I. L O N G E A R E D B A T. 147 LaChauve-fouris a fer acheval. Horfe-fhoc Bat. Sjn. quad, 39. Horse-Be BuffonMlW. i-^, No. 186. shoe. xvii. XX. THIS fpecies was difcovered by Mr. LathamSurgeon at Bartford, Kent-, who was fo oblig-ing as to communicate it to me. They are foundin greateft numbers in the falt-petre houfes belong-ing to the powder mills ; and frequent them duringthe evening for the fake of the gnats which fwarmthere. They have been alfo found during winter ina torpid (late clinging to the roof. They often feedon Chafers, but only eat the body. The le
. British zoology . Class I. L O N G E A R E D B A T. 147 LaChauve-fouris a fer acheval. Horfe-fhoc Bat. Sjn. quad, 39. Horse-Be BuffonMlW. i-^, No. 186. shoe. xvii. XX. THIS fpecies was difcovered by Mr. LathamSurgeon at Bartford, Kent-, who was fo oblig-ing as to communicate it to me. They are foundin greateft numbers in the falt-petre houfes belong-ing to the powder mills ; and frequent them duringthe evening for the fake of the gnats which fwarmthere. They have been alfo found during winter ina torpid (late clinging to the roof. They often feedon Chafers, but only eat the body. The length from the nafe to the tip of the tailis three inches and a half: the extent fourteen. Atthe end of the nofe is an upright membrane inform of a horfe-flioe. Ears large, broad at theirbafe, inclining backwards^ but want the little or in-ternal ear. The color of the upper part of thebody is deep cinereous , of the lower whitifli, Ed-vj. f. 3. * Vefpertilio aaritus. Lin. fyfi. 40. Long Alh,\\\. Tab. 101. 47
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