;'.70 PTEROPrS MORTO, 



71. Pteropiis morio. A'. And. 



Pteropus gouldi (?) {nee Ptt.), TJionias, ^"uv. Zool. iv. p. 2G3 (1897: 



Savu) 

 I'ti-ropiis luorio, A'. Andersen, Ann. Si- May. X. II. (8) ii. p. 36!) 



(1 Oct. 1908: Mimba; Savu). 



B'uujnosis. — Similar to Pt. alecto but much smaller, and with 

 couspicuously longer fur. Forearm 141'5 mm. Hah. Sumba and 

 Savu Is. 



Fur. — Much longer than in Ft. alecto, about 16-17 nim. on back, 

 mantle, and belly. Least width of furred area of back about 

 32 mm. Distribution of fur as in the allied species. 



Colour. — Not differing essentially from that of F(. alecto, except 

 in the rather paler tinge of the back. Back seal-brown slightly 

 lightened by dark vandyck-brown tips to most of the hairs, and 

 sprinkled with a few whitish hairs. Eump conspicuously washed 

 with pale vandyck-brown, owing to the brownish tips to the hairs 

 being longer and paler than on back.— Uuderparts as in Fi. alecto, 

 but with a slight tinge of vandyck-brown on sides of anal region, 

 and with concealed bases of hairs more nearly seal-bro-wn instead 

 of blackish. — Mantle deep chocolate with blackish bases to the 

 hairs. Sides of neck, forcneck, and head as in Ft. alecto. 



Sexual differentiation. — Presumably as in Ft. alecto. The type 

 of Ft. morio, an aged female (teeth excessively worn), has the hair 

 of the mantle soft and spreading as in females of Ft. altcto and 

 i/ouldi ; adult males not seen. 



Measurements. On pp. 373, 374. 



Specimens examined. Four, as registered below. 



Mange. Sumba Island ; Savu Island. 



Type in collection. 



Breeding-time. — A female, from Sumba Island, killed in October, 

 had " one full-grown young " (collectors label, British Museum, 

 98.11.3.15). Three specimens collected in the Savu Islands in 

 August are not full-grown (forearm about 120 mm.). 



«. 2 ad. sk. ; skull. Waingapo, Sumba; A. Everett [C.]. 98.11.3.15. 



Oct. 1896. ( 7 ?/jpe of species.) 



h^cl. c^juv., 2 2 juT. Savu; Aug. 1896. A. Everett [C.]. 8.7.2G.1-3. 

 sks. ; skulls. 



72. Pteropus gouldi, Pet. 

 < , Fteropus gouldi, Uobsou, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 60. 



Pteropus fuuereus (iiec Temm ), Gray, List Mamrn. B. M. p. 37 

 (1843: Pt. Essingtouj; id.. List Ost. Specim. p. 10 (1847: 

 Australia) ; Gerrard, Cat. Fanes Mamrn. B. M. p. 55 (1862 : 

 Australia I; Gould, Mannn. Austr. iii. p. 30, pi. xxx. (animal) 

 (1863: N'. Australia); Fitziiiger, SB. Akad. W '(>>;, Ix. Abth. i. 

 p. 407 (pt.) (1870 : Pt. Essington) ; Gray, Cat. Monk. 4c. p. 104 

 (1870: Pt. Essington ; N.E.Australia; Hewitt's group ; Celebe.*, 

 errore) ; Favisai/, I'roc. Linn. Soc. X. S. Wales, ii. p. 8 (1878 : 

 Cape York ; Betl.) : F. L. Solater, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 608. 



Pteropus gouldi, Peters, MB. Akad. Berin, 1867, p. 703 (Rook- 



