PTEROPUS. 79 



part of breast bright reddish-yellow ; breast from shoulder to 

 shoulder blackish-gray ; back grayish-black, many of the hairs 

 with shining extremities. 



Dimensions. Head and body about eight and a half inches ; 

 forearm about six and a fifth inches. 



Habitat. Australia. 



References. Dobson, B.M. Catal.Chiropt.p. 31 ; Gould, Mamm. 

 Austr. iii. pi. xxviii. 



2. PTEROPUS BRUNNEUS, Dobson (1878). 

 Dusky Flying-Fox. 



Size large. Ears scarcely longer than the muzzle, triangular 

 above, obtusely pointed, naked, Interfemoral membrane very 

 narrow in the centre and concealed by the fur. Fur rather short 

 throughout, longer on the neck than on the back, where it is 

 directed backwards and slightly adpressed, nearly two inches wide 

 across the middle of the back. A few fine erect hairs on the 

 membrane between the humerus and thigh. Fur of the head, 

 back, breast, and abdomen yellowish-brown, with a few shining 

 hairs, the neck above brighter. 



Dimensions. Head and body about eight inches ; forearm 

 about four and a half inches. 



Habitat. Percy Island, North-east Australia. 



Reference. Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 37, pi. iii. fig. 4* 

 (ear). 



3. PTEROPUS GOULDI, Peters (1867). 

 Gould's Flying-Fox. 



Ears long, narrow, and pointed. Interfemoral membrane very 

 narrow behind and concealed in the middle by the fur. Thighs 

 clothed with fur both above and below. Wing-membranes quite 

 three inches apart at the middle of the back ; beneath, as far as 

 a line drawn from the elbow to the knee, clothed with long black 

 fur. General color intensely black intermixed with a few grayish 

 or yellowish hairs. Back of head and neck dark ferruginous-brown, 

 the latter sometimes bright yellow in adult males. 



Dimensions. Head and body about nine inches; forearm about 

 six and a half inches. 



Habitat. North-east Australia and the islands off the coast. 



References. Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 60; Gould, Mamm. 

 Austr. iii. pi. xxx. 

 Note. See p. 78. 



* Erroneously " 2 " in letterpress. 



