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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo17amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Tlie hunting grounds of the smooth-faced "tomb bat" (Taphozous naiiritianus) are over wide, steaming river beds. Its silver-gray back md creamy belly, erect ears, short-haired, pointed muzzle, and relatively arge eyes are as characteristic as is tlie swiftness of its flight
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A wing spread of more than two feet makes this "hawk-bat" (Sacco- laiiiius peli) the largest of the insect-feeding species in Africa. Often on moonlight nights, a dozen or so swoop across the village spaces, uttering short chirping or squeaking sounds as they come nearer in mar- velously rapid turns with borders joining below. The gener- ally more rounded wings have, besides a long thumb, a claw on the second finger. This enables them to use the wing as a supplementary foot, when climbing about the trees in search of fruit, and

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1917
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  • bookid:americanmuseumjo17amer
  • bookyear:c1900-[1918]
  • bookdecade:c190
  • bookcentury:c100
  • bookauthor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History
  • booksubject:Natural_history
  • bookpublisher:New_York_American_Museum_of_Natural_History
  • bookcontributor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History_Library
  • booksponsor:Biodiversity_Heritage_Library
  • bookleafnumber:646
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
  • bookcollection:americanmuseumnaturalhistory
  • bookcollection:americana
  • BHL Collection
  • BHL Consortium
  • Chiroptera
  • Emballonuridae
  • Saccolaimus peli
  • Congo
  • Africa
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27 May 2015


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