26 Dr. Cantor on the Flora and Fauna of Chusan. 



Animals observed at Chusan. 

 1. MAMMALIA. 



Cheiroptera. 



*VespertUio irretitus\. V. auriculis caplte brevioribus, rotundatis ; 

 trago lanceolate ; rostro brevi, obtuso, nigro ; labiis mentoque crini- 

 bus longioribus sparsim tectis ; vellere dorsi capitisque molli, brevi, 

 griseo-brunnescenti, abdominis pulvericolore ; membro virili maximo ; 

 Cauda corpus longitudine aequante, e membrana interfemorali, subtus 

 sparsim hirsuta, paululum exserta. 



Ears rounded, shorter than the head ; tragus lanceolate ; muzzle 

 short, obtuse, black, the lips and chin with scattered, lengthy, bristly- 

 hairs ; fiu- of the back and head short, soft brownish gray, that of the 

 abdomen dust-coloured ; male genital organ highly developed ; tail as 

 long as the body, slightly protruding from the interfemoral mem- 

 brane, the abdominal surface of which is thinly covered with short 

 hair. 



o^o , 1 I _ 4*4 



Dentition : — Incis. jt^ ; canm. ^^y ; molar, gry- 



Dimensions. inch. lin. 



Length of the head h, 



body ]| 1 



tail 1 1 



ear 2^ 



Breadth of the ear 2 



Length of the tragus 1 



Extent of the wings 8 



Canina. Pachydermata. 



Cams sinensis, Auct. Sus (var. sinensis Auctor.). 



Felina. *Equus cahallus, Auct. 



Felis domesticus, Auct. asinus. 



*Felis ? RUMINANTIA, 



Edentata. *Capra. 



Manis pentadactyla, Linn. *JBos taurus, Auct. 



2. AVESt. 



Passerin^e, Conirostres. 



Dentirostres. Pyrgita montana, Auct. 



Lanius erythronotus. Vigors. Pastor cristatellus, Temm. 



Dicrurus balicassius, Vieillot. Pica vulgaris, Auct. 



Turdus merula, Auct. Syndactyles. 



Philedon .'' Alcedo bengalensis, Gmelin. 



Sylvia hippoldis, Temminck. Grall^e. 



Fissirostres. Cultirostres. 



Hirundo erythropygia, Sylies. Ardea — — — ? 



* Animals marked with an asterisk have been sketched at Chusan in 

 1840 by Dr. Cantor, who has suppHed the names unless otherwise observed. 



•f Irretire, from its being frequently arrested in the strong web of two 

 large spiders, Epe'ira bilineata and heraldica (vide infra), which circum- 

 stance has given rise to the common erroneous belief that those and similar 

 spiders feed upon bats. 



X Identified by Edward Blyth, Esq. 



