IT KKOPUS WOUU I'OKU I . 



407 



a. Ad. al. ; skull. 



It. (^ ad. sk. ; 

 skull. 



sks. ; skulls. 



e. Ad. .skull. 



f. 2 ad. .sk.; 



skull. 



</'M. 4cj'ad., l$ad., 



2 5 iuiin. 



sks. ; skulls 



of h-m. 

 »-p- 6 yg- ad., 



2 c5' ad. sks. ; 



skulls. 



q. .id. skull. 



2 ad. sk. ; 

 skull. 



cJ imin. sk. ; 

 skull. 



/. 2 ad- sk. 



Thursday I. 

 [ZooL. i<oc. Gard.}. 

 Australia 



R. Aniiy Medic:d . 9.1. 4.:.. 



College [P.]. 



Puichased (Bower- 62.(>.4.2. 



bank). 



J. MacGillivrav [0.]. 6i'..j.2.2, 



(62.5.2.2.," ? ad., tf/pe ot 

 ^'t. elseyi, Gtay. 



J. MacGillivray [0.]. 62.u G.4. 



Sir W. Ingram [P.]. 7.8.9.4. 



Clareinunt Is., 

 N.E. Queensland; 

 29 Aug. 1860. 

 Clareniont Is, 

 Iiikerman, E. 



Queensland 



( IV. Stalker). 

 Inkera.an. lUU' ; Sir VV. Jugraui & SlS.8.1 -7. 



8. 12, 13 Oct., Hon. J. Foi-re.st 



13 Nov. 1907 [P.]. 



{W. Stall, a-). 

 Burdekin R., E. Sir W. Ingram & S.8.8.8-10. 



Queensland ; f.ron. J. Forrest 



21 Nov. i9J7 [P,j. 



{W. Stalker). 

 Mackay.E. Queens- Prof. R. OoUett [P.]. 8i",.ll.I.|. 



land; July,1882 



{Dr. LiimhoUz). 

 I N. Australia E.K- Dr. J. R. Elsey [C.]. 57. H.. 24. 1. 



pedilion); April, 



1856. 

 S. Alligator R., Hon. \V. Rolhscliild 4.1..3.1-. 



Arnliemland ; [P-]- 



7 Oct. 1902 



(J. 2\ Tuiiney). 

 Kitzroy R., Kiiu- Hrm. W. Rothschild 4,4.4.14. 



berley Division [P-]- 



{J. T. TuiDieij). 



82. Pteropus woodfordi, Thus. 



Pteropus woodfordi, Thoma.% Ann. >^ Maff. JV. H. (6) i. p. 15i> 

 (1 Feb. 1888 : Aola) ; id., P. Z. S. 1888, p. 472, pi. .xx. tiir. I 

 (head), pi. xxi. tig. 1 (skull) (1889: Aola); Trmesmrt.'Cuf. 

 Mamin. i. p. 78 (1897 : Aola) ; Miller, Fam. ^~ Gen. Bats, p. 58 

 (1907); Elliot, Cut. Mamm. Field CoL Mm. p. 491 (1907: 

 .Solomou I.S.). 



Pteropus (Sericonyctoris) woodfordi, Matschie, Megachir. p. ;J'5 

 (1899 : Aola) ; Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., SupjJ. p. 55 (Aola). 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Pt. scapulatus in skull aud dentitioi), but 

 much smaller ; ears small, nearly concealed iu fur. Colour some 

 shade of raars-browii above and beneath, lighteued with paler tips 

 to tlie hairs, and more or.less thickly sprinkled with bufty or greyish- 

 white hairs ; mantle slightly paler than back ; face generally darker. 

 Forearm 92'5-99 mm. Hub. Solomon Is, 



SkuU and teeth (fig. 19). — Similar in general characters and nearly 

 all details to skull and teeth of Pt. scojju.laUts,hut size much smaller, 

 and lower canines decidedly less recurved. 



Palate-ridi/ea. — 5 + 4 -f 2. Arrangement as in Pt. sciipid<ttus. 



Ears. — Short, nearly concealed in the fur, not reaching hall' the 

 distaiico to back of eye. Subtriangular, with slight, but distinct 

 emarginul ion of outcrniargin below tip of conch, which is rather 



