I'TKKOl'CS roi.O.Ni ■). 147 



buH', iiroJiiLUig the total effect of a liair-browu or ulive hair-brow ii. 

 — Underjjarts from chin to crissiiiu, except a more or less distinct 

 narrow collar across tbreneck, dark seal-brovvu thickly sprinkled with 

 glossy whitish-grey or buify-grej- hairs ; according to the greater 

 or less admixture of greyish, the general colour is whitish-grey 

 or buffy-grey mixed with seal-brown, or seal-brown heavily mixed 

 with whitish-grey or buffy-grey. — Mantle ochraceous-buff (lightest 

 extreme) or approximately ochraceous, or pale hazel tinged witlx 

 ochraceous, the colour gradually darkening on sides of neck, and 

 continued across foreneck as a narrow collar more or less obscured 

 by admixture of the general colour of the underparts. Base of hairs 

 of mantle and sides of neck seal-brown. — Crown and occiput light 

 buffy hair-brown, becoming gradually darker on sides of head, and 

 shading on throat into the general colour of the underparts. In 

 one specimen, which on the whole represents the lightest extreme 

 in the small series, the crown and occiput are nearly cream-buff, 

 gradually darkening on sides of head, and shading on throat iuto 

 the general colour of the underparts. 



Measurements. On jip. 145, 146. 



Specimens examined. The Eritish iluseum material. 



Uanye. Admiralty Is. 



Type in collection. 



Remnrlcs. — This species probably replaces Ft. Itifpomelanns in I he 

 Admiralty Islands. In the colour of the fur it approaches the 

 North Polynesian species of the Ft. mariannus type. 



a. cJad.sk.; skull. Admiralty Is. Lords of tlie Treasury 80.11.24.4. 



vCliallenger Exp. i. [P ]• ( 7.'w '^f species ) 



b. (;? ad. sk. ; skull. Admiralty Is. Lords of the Treasury 80.1L2'l.o. 



(Challenger Kxp.). [P.]. 



erf. Jad., ad.al.; Admiralty Is. ; Lords of the Treasury !I0.2.20.2, 3. 



skulls7 March, 1875(Oial- [P.]. 

 lenger Exp.). 



9. Pteropus colonus. A'. Ami. 



Pteropus hvpomelanus (nee Tenim.), Thomas, P. Z. S. 1887, p. .^■"22 



(Alu, Shortland L) ; id., P. Z. S. 1 888, p. 47 1 ; Trouessart. Cat. 



Mnmm. i. p. 82 (pt.) (1897 : Solomon Is.). 

 Pteropus (Spectrum) hvpomelanus (pt.), Matschic, Megaehir. p. 24 



(1899: Alu). 

 Pteropus colonus. A'. .4v(lersen, Ann. ^- Mag. K. H. (8) ii. p. 3ii.3 



(1 Oct. 1908: Shortland I.). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Ft. hi/pomelanus Ixteits, but mucli smaller, 

 with shorter ears, and much darker Vireast and belly. Forearm 

 ll»9-5-114 mm. JJah. Shortlaid I., W. Solomon Is. 



Skull ttnd teeth. — Essential characters of skull as in Ft. hiipome- 

 Ictnvs. but size markedly smaller : total length 55 mm., against 

 61-69 in all forms of Pi. hypomelanus ; mandible 4lS-43'b, against 

 47*7-54-7 ; orbital diameter 11-2-11-5. against 12- 7-13-2. — 



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