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144758. Skin and skull. Adult male. Palmas Island, southeast of 

 Mindanao. Philippine Islands. January 21, 1906. Collected by 

 Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 6019. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



*Pteropus samoensis Peale. Cotypes. 



U. S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Ornith.) : 20, 1848. 

 This species is based on material brought back by the U. S. 

 Exploring Expedition (1838-42). No type is designated, and 

 there is nothing to show that one specimen is more typical than 

 any other. As it is inconvenient to regard all the Samoan 

 Pteropus brought back by the Expedition as cotypes, the speci- 

 mens from Tutuila are here regarded as the cotypes of the species, 

 the following quotation from the original description seeming to 

 justify this selection : "This species was first discovered on the 

 island of Tutuila, and subsequently on all the islands of the 

 Samoan group; we obtained numerous specimens." 

 The specimens from Tutuila are as follows : 



■ . Collected by James Gibson, The catalog, under remarks, 

 22562 -^ *=' ' 



says : "Specimen turned over to Dept. Comp. Anat. for exhibition." 

 Only the skull can now be found. It has the posterior part of 

 brain-case cut away. Skin cataloged July 30, 1866; skull, Feb- 

 ruary 7, 1887. 



-^5i^. Female. Original number 14. Recently made into a modem 

 37862 ^ ^ 



study skin in fair condition and skull removed. Posterior part 



of brain-case cut off, all molars of upper left hand side broken 



away, otherwise skull in good condition. Skin cataloged July 30, 



1866; skull, February 21, 1900. 



-^5?L. Collected by W. Elliott. Recently made into a modern study 



37860 J J J 



skin, in fair condition, and skull removed. Skull Grade A. Skin 

 cataloged July 30, 1866; skull, February 26, 1900. 



*Pteropus vociferus Peale. 



U. S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamni. and Ornith.) : 19, 1848. 

 3961. Skin. Adult male. Island of Mangsi, straits of Balabac, be- 

 tween Philippine Islands and British North Borneo. Collected 

 by U. S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). Original number 7. 



Specimen once mounted and on exhibition, then packed away in storage, 

 but taken out March 31, 1902. It is in fair condition for an old specimen, 

 but evidently bleached. It had no skull inside, nor is there any record of 

 one. 



Peale spt^aks of but one specimen, a male, and unquestionably it is No. 

 3961, cataloged as Pteropus macklotii from Mangsi. 



