PTr.KlJPUri OIliANTKls CHi^XTKrs. 329 



rjectfd out of the mouth : glutinous .uid farinaceous food, sucli 

 MH plantains, they do not serve in this niauuer. They are strongly 

 attracted to the cocoa-nut trees during the peiiodwhen toddy is 

 drawn for distillation, and exhibit at such times symptoms much 

 resembling those of intoxication. On a few occasions (Calcutta, 

 Aug. iy(5-f and Aug. 1869) this bat has been observed travelling in 

 immense numbers, immediately alter sunset, probably making for 

 some fresh feeding-ground. The single }0ung is born about the 

 end of March and April, and continues a fixture on the mother till 

 the end of May or early in June, when it is nearly as big as herself. 

 ( iickell, Tenneut, Jerdon, Day, 8terudale, J. Anderson ; II. infra 

 vit.) 



Key to the Suhspecies 0/ Pteropus gigauteus. 



a. I'lir shorter: 8-12 mm. on back. 



(India, Ceylon) Ft. y. yiyaiiteus, p. 329. 



b. Fur longer: ]o-]8 mm. on back. 



(Xepjd, Assam, Mauipurj Ft. g. leucocephulus, p. 333. 



64 a. Pteropus giganteus giganteus, Brunn. 



Mycket stoora Nattblackor, AeVs Mat-wn {Kojjiiii/), Fccsn (jen. Asia, 

 p. 132 (1G67 : Ind. Pen.; intoxication by C'oeoa Palm juice). 



Vespertilio ludica, Olcdrius, Gottorjfische Kunst-Kammer, 2 ed. p. 24, 

 pi. XV. tig. 1 ^animal, loug-tailea, with two suckling.s) (1674). 



A'espertiliones duo Indici. Jacoueus, Museum lieyium,-^. 12 (l699). 



^'espertilio gigantea, Urilnnich, Dyrenes Jlistorie, i. pp. 45, 59 (1782 : 

 Bengal ). 



Pteroj^.us giganteus, Miller, Froc. Biol. Sue. Wash. xvi. p. 50 (1903 : 

 name revivtd) ; icL, Fam. ^- Gen. Bats, p. 08 (1907). 



Cliauve-souris de forte race, F'ouchet d' Obsonville, Essais j/hilo- 

 sop/iifjues, -p. 7 (\ (17 Su : India; habiis). 



Vanipvre Bat, H/taw, Gen. Zool. i. pt. 1, p. 144, pi. 44 (animal) 

 (18U0). 



Ptercipus medius, Temminck, Mon. Mamm. i. p. 176 (1825: Cal- 

 cutta; Pondichery); Lesson, Man. Mamm. p. 110, no. 284 

 (1827 : Calcutta ; J'ondichery) ; Desmarest, Diet. !Sti. Xut. xlvi. 

 p. 359(1827: Calcutta; Pondichery); Is. Geoffrey, Diet. Class. 

 d'Hist. Aat. xiv. p. 700 (1828: India); J. B. Fischer, Syu. 

 J7rt?«?)i. p. 82, no. 3 (1829: Calcutta; Pondichervj ; Sy/xcs, Cut. 

 Mamm. Dvkhwi, p. 4 (1831) ; id., F. Z. 8. 1831^ p. 99 "(Dukhun, 

 Deccanj ; Lesson, Hist. Nat. Mantm. ( Compl. Buffon) v. p. 49 

 (183(5: Calcutta; Ponoichery) ; Water house, Cat. Mamm. Mu.t. 

 Zool. Hoc. p. l-i, no. 99 (J 838: Continental India j ; Gray, 

 .Maq. Ziol. & Bot. ii. p. .^02 (1838: Calcutta: Poudichervl; 

 Ok'eti, Ally. Natury. vii. Abtli. ii. p. 990 (1838) ; Elliot, Mud'rus 

 Juurn. Lit. !^- 8ci. x. p. i)4 (1839: 8. Mahratta country); Bh/fh, 

 J. A. !S. B. X. p. 840 (1841 : Travancore; Madras) ; Feters, .ijB. 

 Akad. Berlin, ]S()7, p. 325 (Indian Penin>ula) ; Fitzinyer, SB. 

 Akud. Wien, Ix. Abth. i. p. 413 (1870: Calcutta; Pondichery; 

 Madras; Bengal); Gray, Cat. Monk. ^c. p. 103 (pt.) (1870 : 

 Madras) ; Dobson, J. A. S. B. xli. pt. ii. p. 335 (1872 : osteology) ; 

 id., op. cit. xlii. pt. ii. pp. 196, 199 (pt.), pl. xiv. tig. 1 (ear) (1873: 

 Indian l'euin.<ula, nortli to Kachhi : (,'cylou) ; id., F. Z. S. 1873, 



