PTEROPrS NIGER. 215 



32. Pteropus niger, Kerr. 

 Pteropus vulgaris, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 23. 



Vespertilio injrens, Clusiux, E.rot. libri decern, p. 94, c. %. (animal) 



(160-5 : Mauritius). 

 Pteropu3 rufus aut niger, auviculis breribus acutiusculis : La Roiis- 



sette, L'risson, Regn. Anim. p. 216 (1756: Reunion) ; id.,op.cit. 



2 ed. p. 153 (1762: Reunion ). 

 Le Chien-volant, Duubentun, Mem. Acad. R. Sci. Paris, p. 384 



(1759 : Reunion). 

 La Roussette, Bnffon, Hist. Nat. x. pp. 55, 66, 81, pis. xiv., xv., 



xvi. (animal; tongue; skeleton) (1763: Reunion); id., op. cit. 



Suppl. iii. pp. 253-262 (1776: liabits) ; Fvuchet d'ObsunvtUe, 



JEs.tais pliihsojyhiques, p. 77 (1783: Reunion); i?. Geoffroy,Ann. 



Mus. a' Hist. Nat. vii. p. 227 (1806: Mauritius; habits in 



captivity) ; Milbert, Vuy. pittor. lle-de-F ranee, ii. p. 244 (1812 : 



Mauritius). 

 Great Bat of Madagascar {nee Edtcards), Grant, Hist. Mauritius, 



p. 65 (1801 : Mauritius\ 

 Vespertilio vanipvrus, Li7m. SipH. Nat. 10 ed. i. p. 31 (pt.) (1758) ; 



id., op. cit. 12 ed. i. p. 46 (pt.) (1766); P. L. 8. Miilter, Volht. 



Naturst/st. i. p. 152 (pt.) (1773). Var. A, Sckreber, Siiitg. i. 



pp. 153, 155, pi. xliv. (animal, copy from Buftbn) (1774). 



Boddaert, JElench. Anim. i. p. 68 (pt.; (1785). Var. a, Gineli?i, 



Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 45 (1787) ; G. Cuvier, Tabl. Elem. p. 104 



(1798). Var. 2, Turton, Linn. 8t/.<^t. Nat. i. p. 24 (1802). 

 Ptercipus vampyrus, var. n, Er.vleben, Si/st. Rer/n. Atiim. p. 133 



(1777); Desmarest, N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xix. p. 643 (1803: 



Reunion). 

 Spectrum vampirus, Lac^pede, Tabl. Mamm. p. 15 (1799) ; id., 



Mem. List. Paris, ui. p. 499 (1801); Daudin, in Luffon, Hist. 



Nat., Didut ed., Quudr. xiv. p. 188 (1802*). 

 Pteropus (Spectrum) vamp\TUs, Matsehie, JfcTei'/ac'/uV. p. 29 (1899 : 



Mauritius); Troitessart, Cut. Mamm., Suppl. p. 54 (1904: 



Tamatave ; Reunion ; Mauritius). 

 Vespertilio vampirus niger, Kerr, Anim. Kingd, i. pt. i. pp. xvii, fiO, 



no. 106 (1792). 

 Pteropus niger, G. Fischer, Zorirjnosia, iii. p. 553 (1814). 

 Vespertilio caniniis, Blumenbaeh, Handb. Naturt/. 5 ed. p. 73 (pt.) 



(1797) ; Goldfuss, Vergl. Naturbvschr. Sliur/. p. 98, pi. xi. (1809). 

 Pteropus fuscus, E. Geoffroi/, Cat. Mamm. Mas. Nation. d'Hist. Nat. 



p. 46(1803: Reunion; Madagascar). 

 Vespertilio niauritianus, Hermann (e Commer.ion 3LS.), Ohs. Zool.. 



p. 19 (1804 : ^lauritius) ; Oken. Lehrb. Naturg. iii. Abth. ii. 



p. 934(1816). 

 Pteropu.s mauritianus, Schinz, Thierr. i. p. 155 (1821 : Mauritius). 

 Spectrum vulgare, var. mauritiauuni, Gray, Cat. Monk. i^-c. p. 101 



(1870: Mauritius). 

 Pteropus rufus {nee E. Geoff.), Tiedemann, Zooloyie, i. p. 535 (1808). 

 Pteropus vulgaris, E. Geoffmy, Ann. Mii-s. d'Jlist. Nat. xv. p. 9l 



(1810: Reunion ; Mauritius) ; O/wu, Lehrb. Naturi/. iii. Abth.ii. 



p. 936 (1810); G. Cuvier, Rbym Anim. i. p. 124 (l817 : Mauri- 

 tius; Reunion); Destnarest, Mamm. i. p. 109, no. 139(1820: 



* Titlepage dated 1799. On the true year of publication see C. W. Elck- 

 mond, The Auk, xvi. no. 4, p. 329 (Oct. 1899). 



