144 I'lEiaiPL'Ss AO.MItULlTiLUjil. 



liases to the baijs. Colour of back gradually pas$iug inio paler 

 tinge of rump.— Underparts, from foreneck to anal region, including 

 flanks, ochraceous-buffy strongly tinged witb pale cinnamon, palest 

 on flanks, anal region, and foreneck, deepest (approaching pale cin- 

 namon) on breast. Base of fur everywhere seal-brown.- — Mantle 

 and sides of neck similar to underparte, but rather paler. — Crown 

 and sides of head grizzled greyish and buffy -wood-brown, producing 

 a paler and more grizzled tinge than that of mantle ; base of hairjj 

 seal-V>rown ; throat similar to sides of head, but mixed with blackish. 



Measurements, On pp. 145, 146. 



Specimen examined. One, in the collection of the jBritisU 

 Museum. 



Jtange. Nicobar Islands : Car Nicobar, ^ankauri. 



Type in the U.S. National Museum (no. 111730). 



FUropus faunuhts, Miller ; 1902. — Based on skin and skull of 

 one male, obtained on Car Nicobar by Dr. W. L. Abbott. The 

 measurement of the tibia given by Miller is incorrect ("38 mm.," 

 probably a slip for 48). The skin and skull of the British Museum 

 specimen have been compared with the type by Dr. Marcus W. 

 Lyon, Jr. 



Eemarks.—The complete resemblance in tlie shape of the skull, 

 the characters of the teeth, the form and relative size of the ears, 

 and the distribution of the fur, are evidence of the close affinities of 

 Pt. faunuhts and satyrus with Pi. hypomelaiMs. In the colour of 

 the fur Ft. faunulus is very ditferent from Ft. satyrus, but it 

 closely approaches F't. hypomelanus enyanns, some eastern races of 

 the same species (Pt. 7i. hypomelanus, luieus), and certain small 

 species of the Pt. hypomeJanus group, viz. Pt. mimtis and Pt. colomis. 

 Both Pt. satyrns and Ft. faunulus are probably offshoots of Ft. 

 hypomelanus, but Pt. satyrus would seem to be most nearly related 

 to Pt. h. geminorum, from the Mergui Archipelago, while Pt. 

 favnultis is apparently more intimately connected with I't. h. 

 enf/anus. From this latter form Pt. faunulus differs chiefly in ite 

 iBHialler teeth, longer fur, somewhat paler underjiaits, and smaller 

 size. 



a. $ ad. 8k. ; skull. Nankauri, Kicobars ; C. G. Rogers. Esq. [P.l f,.4.13.1. 

 July-Oct. 1W4. 



8. Pteropus admiralitatum, Thos. 



; ' Fteropus admiralitalum, Thotnas, Aim. 8c Mar/. A'. IT. (G) siii. 



p. 293 (March, 1894: Adniiraltv Is.) : Troueesart, Cat.Manim. i. 



p. 82 (1897 : Admiralty Is.) ; 'Miller, Fam. ^- Gen. Bats, p. 58 



(1907). 

 Pteropus (Spectrum) admiralitatum (pt.), Blatschie, Megachir. p. 28 



(1899: Admiraltv Is.); Trotte>:mrt. Cat. Matnm.. Sirppl. p. 5-j 

 " ■ (1904: Admiralty Is.). 



Diagnosis. — Allied to /'/. liypomelanus, but with smaller ear.s, ttnd 

 longer and differently coloured fur; uxiderparts seal-brown heavily 



