iy6 - fifiRoprs pALLiiitts. 



4. Pteropiis pallidus, Tonm. 

 Pteropus griseiis (pi.), Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 44. 



Pteropus pallidus, Temminck, Mon. Mannn. i. p. 184, pi. x^-. figs. 8, 

 9 (sluill) ('1825 : Banda Is.) ; Lesson, 3Ian. Mamm. p. Ill, no. 288 

 Q827 : Banda) ; Lesjivtrest, Diet. Sri. Nat. xlvi. p. 363 (1827 : 

 Banda) ; Is. Geofroi/^ Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. xiv. p. 701 (1828 : 

 J3anda) ; J. B. Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 84, no. 9 (1829 : Banda) ; 

 Lesson, Ilixt. Nat. Mamm. (Comj^l. Bvffon) v. p. 54 (1836: 

 Banda) ; Temminck. Mon. Mamm. ii. p. 77 (1b37 : Banda ; 

 Sumatra and Malacca, errore) ; Gray, Griffith'' s Anim. Kingd. 

 V. p. •'iOS (1838 : Banda) ; Oken. Ally. Natury. vii. Abth. ii. p. 990 

 (1838); Wagner, Schrebefs Sciuy., Suppl. i. p. 352 (1839: 

 Baudrt) ; S. MiiJler, in Temminck' s Nat. Gesch. Nederl. Overz. Bes., 

 Zooyd. pp. 20, 59 (1839-44 : Banda) ; Lesson, N. Tabl. R. An., 

 Mamm. p. 13, no. 182 (1842 : Banca, errore) ; Schinz, Syst. Vers. 

 iS'rtur/. i. p. 126 (1844: Bauda) ; Gray, Xoo!. ' Samarang,' Vert. 

 p. 12 (1849 : Banda) ; Wagner, Schfehefi Stmy., Siippl. v. p. 600 

 ^•,, V (1853-55: Banda): Gervais, Hist. Nat. Jfrtwrn. i. p. 187 (1854 : 

 t.'l Banca, erroie); Giehel, Siiug. p. S98 (1855: Banda); Finsch, 

 Neu-Guinen, p. 150 (1805 : Banda); Fitzinger, SB. Akad. Wien, 

 Ix. Abth. i. p.' 43G (1870: Banda). 

 Pteropus (Spectrum) hypomelanus c. pallidus, Matschin, Megachir. 

 p. 24 (1899 : Brtuda). b. pallidus, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., 

 -■ ■ Suppl. p. 52 (1904 : Banda). 



Pteropus grireus (nee Genf.), Peters, MB. Akad. Berlin, 1867, 

 p. 326 (pt.) (Banda) ; Dobson, Cat. Chir. B..M. p. 44 (pt.) (1878 : 

 Banda) ; Trouessart, Rev. Sr May. Zool. (3) vi. p. 205 (pt.) (1879: 

 Banda); Jentink, Cat. Ost. Mamm. p. 255 (1887: Banda); id. 

 Cat. Syst: Mamm. p. 141 (1838 : Banda) ; Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. 

 i p. 80 (pt.) (1897 : Banda); Mafschie, Meyachir. yA. i. iigs. o, 

 ba,bb (skull) (1899: Banda). 

 Prevopus hypomelanus (pt., nee Temm.), Jentink, Cat. Ost. Mamm. 

 p. 261, specimens/-/ (1887: Banda); id. Cat. Syst. Mamm. 

 p. 149, specimens w-z (1888 : Banda) ; Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. i. 

 p. 82 (1897: Banda). 



Jhaqnosis. — Similar in .skull and teeth to Pt. mimnx, but breast 

 aftd belly dark brown (seal-brown) strongly grizzled with pale hairs, 

 external dimensions smaller. roi-earm 113*5-1]9 mm. Hah. 

 iSanda Is. 



Colonr. — Approximate description from two Leyden cotypes, 

 fnonnted, somewhat faded (Jentink, Cat. Syst. p. 141, Pt. griseus^ 

 f,. ]iY — Back, rump, breast, belly, and flanks seal-brown or dark 

 brown strongly sprinkled with greyish, oi* whitish-grey, or buffy- 

 grev hairs, thus producing the "couleur de feuille morte'' mentioned 

 bv Temminck. Mantle, sides of neck, and foreneck ochraceous-butt' 

 (faded?). Head buffy (faded?) ; chin and throat dark brown like 

 breast and belly (much faded in " a "). Hairs of head, mantle. 

 sides of neck, and foreneck with concealed dark brown bases. 



The third LoA-den cotvpe {'' r" ) i*^ more uniform dark brown 

 heneatji. 



