Allen Notes on Bahama Bats. 71 



As with some other species mentioned, many of these bats when at rest 

 clung by one foot only. They are of a quarrelsome disposition and bite 

 vigorously when handled. Their bickerings were audible even before we 

 reached the mouth of their cave and it is evident that the colony, though 

 resting, is much awake even in the daylight hours. A number of them 

 were found to have one or both ears truncated near the tip in so regular 

 a fashion as to make it seem that there were two types of ear-outline among 

 them. The occurrence of some individuals with only one clipped ear, 

 however, might indicate that this shape is due to accidental loss of the 

 point of that organ through its having been bitten off by one of the quar 

 relsome company. 



Specimens. 12 adult and 2 young males (skins) ; 3 adult females (skins) ; 4 

 adult females and 7 males (alcoholic), 2 young females and 2 young males 

 (alcoholic). 



