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long as they possess the requisite strength, and sometimes remain 

 suspended even after death. The males seem to be very pugnacious ; 

 they may be seen fighting among themselves on tho trees, and a 

 wounded one will fui'iously attack anything brought in contact 

 with it. AVith their formidable canines they inflict severe bites, 

 and retain their hold with great tenacity. The Aneiteumese are 

 fond of these bats as food, and spin the fur into cordage used in 

 ornamenting the person. Besides occasionally killing them with 

 stones and short sticks, they sometimes catch them in traps similar 

 to those used for fishing— circular, flat-bottomed buckets made of 

 FlageUaria inclica, with a hole at the top for entrance, and some 

 papaw-apple for bait. The Aneiteumese generic name for Pteropus 

 is Nekrei ; Pt. fjeddiei is called Xawathclgau, in contradistinction to 

 Pt. anetianus, which is called Xalivatran, (ilacGillivray, I. s. e.) 



J. MacGillivrav, Kot reg. 

 Esq. [C.]. 



{Ti/pe of species.) 

 Canon H. B. 93. 11. -29.2. 



Tristram [E.]. 



External measurements of Pteropus vauikoreiisis, tonganus, geddiei. 



(I. c? ad. sk. ; 

 skull. 



/,. [2] ad. sk. 

 skull. 



Aneiteum, New Hebrides ; 

 23 June, 1869. 



Aiieiteuni. 



Pt. vaiiikoreiisis. 



3 ad. 

 (Two cotypes of 

 species, one of 

 Pt. d'Ussumieri.) 



I Pt. tonganus. 



15 ad. 



(Incl. one 



cotype.) 



Pt. geddiei. 



2 ad. 

 (Incl. type.) 



icjad.* 

 I mm. 



Forearm ' 137 



Polles, total length, c. u 



,, metacarpal 14'5 



,, 1st phalanx SOo 



2nd digit, metacarpal 



„ 1st phalanx 



,. 2nd-3rd phalanx, c. u . ... 



3rd digit, metacarpal 



,, 1st phalanx 6G 



,, 2ud phalanx 



4tl! digit, metacarpal 



„ 1st phalanx 



2nd phalanx 



oth digit, metacarpal 



„ 1st phalanx 40 



2nd phalanx 40 



Eai's, length from orifice 



„ greatest width, flattened 



Front of eye to tip of muzzle 



Interfemoral 



Lower leg 62 



Foot, c. u 



Calcar 



* Cotype of Pt. vanikorensis (A. 57). 

 |- Cotype of Pt. vamkorenMs' (A. 58). 



d'ad.t 

 mm. 

 1.36 

 60-5 



ti9 

 17 

 17 



88-5 

 G7-0 



87 

 55 

 53 

 93 

 41 

 40 



Sad.J 

 mm. 



(io 

 16-5 



63-5 



86 



63-5 



50 



91 



39 



38 



(51 



MiN. Max. Min. Max 



mm. 

 139 



58 



13 



31 



69-5 



14 



13 



93-5 



67 



97-5 



90-5 



55 



55 



94 



40 



40-5 



25 



14 



24 

 



62-5 



405 



l& 



mm. 

 150 



6G 



15 



35 



76-5 



19-5 



18 

 102-5 



76 5 

 114-5 

 100 



62 



62 

 105 



47-5 



46 



26-5 



155 



26-5 

 5 



70 



50 



19 



mm. 

 153-5 



67 



15 



35 



72-5 



17-5 



17-5 

 104-5 



75 



110-5 

 102-5 



63 



(iO 



67-5 



15 



35-5 



79 



17-5 



18 

 109-5 



78 



111-5 

 105-5 



63-5 



X Cotype of Pt. dttssir,niei-i {A.. 61). 

 § Estimate (skins). 



