ISS r-naiurx's TONOAXvg. 



often act as fertilizers by carryin<i; polloii from tree to tree, adherent 

 to their fur. (Moseley, I. s. c.) 



Pterojnis tonganus, Q,\\o\ & Gaimanl ; 1830. — Oriofinal descrip- 

 tion based on three specimens, o!)tained iu Tonga Tabu (voyage of 

 the 'Astrolabe'), viz. nos. A. 54, A. 55, and A. 56, all mounted 

 with skulls in situ. Xo. 54 (old catalogue no. 754) is an adult 

 male ; no. oo ("75) is a young female, no doubt the origiual of the 

 coloured figure pi. viii. fig. 1 (drawing and coloration bad); no. 56 

 (755 B), also young, is the yellowish individual figured pi. viii. fig. 4. 

 Colour and other external characters of cotype 54 ( c? ad.) quite as 

 in the British Museum series. Topotypes ('Challenger' Expedi- 

 tion) are in the collection of the British Museum. 



Pteropits JlavicoUis, Gray; 1S70. — Based on specimens from 

 Moala, Totoya, and Ovalau Islands, I'^ijis (voyage of the ' Herald '). 

 Moala may be fixed as the type locality ; cotypes, c ad., 5 ad., 

 skins with skulls, in collection. 



a. Ad. skull. Fijis(Voy.H.M.S. Musoiun of Economic 55.11.7.4. 



skull. 



