THE VALUABLE BAT.
To the Government of the United States we owe the discovery that the bat, insead of being useless and worthless, as is generally thought, is really most ■ valuable. He is the inveterate enemy of all insects that fly by night. In recent investigations bats shot in the evening, after Hying for twenty minutes, were found with stomachs so gorged with mosquitoes, gnats, and small flies that it was difficult to see how they could eat any more t
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 7
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81THE VALUABLE BAT. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 7
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