Again in Macbeth, Act iv., Scene 1—
2nd Witch. "Cool it with a Baboon's blood:
Then the charm is firm and good."
Othello. Act i., Scene 3.
Pericles. Act. iv., Scene 6.
The Marmoset, Hapale, or Midas sp.?
The thirty-two known species of Marmosets have, comparatively speaking, a very limited geographical range, being confined to one sub-region (the Brazilian) of Mr. Wallace's Neotropical Region. The following reference to the Marmoset by Shakspeare must, therefore, be taken in the light of a poet's licence: —
Caliban. "I pr'ythee, let me bring thee where crabs grow,
And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts;
Show thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how
To snare the nimble Marmoset," &c.
The Tempest. Act ii., Scene 2.
Bats.
It will perhaps be sufficient to class the Bats of Shakspeare in the large and universally distributed family Vespertilionidæ.
The Common Bat, Vespertilio pipestrellus.
"On the Bat's back I do fly
After summer, merrily," &c.
The Tempest. Act v., Scene 1.
Mr. Harting remarks, in his Introduction to the 'Ornithology of Shakspeare' (page 13, foot-note), "In the Midland Counties the Bat is often called 'leathern-wings.' "It is also occasionally called so in Hampshire, but more frequently rear-mouse.
"Some, war with rear-mice for their leathern wings
To make my small elves coats, " &c.
Midsummer Night's Dream. Act ii., Scene 3.
Id. Act iii., Scene 2.
Macbeth, while regretting that Banquo and his son Fleance
