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1. The nape and back of the neck yelloio or red, fonniny a hriyht tippet. 

 * Orbits paler , forming rings round the eye. 



1. Pteropus conspicillatus. The Spectacled Kalong. B. M. 



Black ; orbits brown ; nape and back of neck red yellow ; hairy part 

 of back rather narrow ; upper arms and thighs rather hairy ; rest of 

 limbs bald ; forearm-bone 6| inches. 



Pteropus conspicillatus, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 109 ! Mamni. Austr. 

 iii. t. 29 ! 



Hah. East coast of Australia : Fitzroy Island. (Malay Islands, 

 Temm.') 



Var. Underside silvered, with the white tips to the hairs ; face 

 browner. Hah. 'Ea^st coasi oi Aw&tvaWa,, Capt. Stanley. B. M. 



Skull large (end imperfect), about 2| inches in length, 1 inch 

 7 lines wide ; hinder grinders small, roundish, lower smallest ; false 

 grinders circular, upper wanting ; upper cutting-teeth subequal. 



** Orbits like back. Large-sized Bats. 



2. Pteropus Edwardsii. The African Kalong. B. M. 



Fur soft, nearly uniform ; back and legs black ; head, neck, and 

 upper part of back orange ; face and throat blackish ; underside red- 

 dish yellow ; sides of body and vent blackish -varied ; back, thighs, 

 and lower half of forearms hairy, wings very hairy beneath, near 

 elbow. 



Great Madagascar Bat, Edw. Bird.s, iv. t. 180. Pteropus Edwardsii, 

 part., Geoff. Ann. Mtts. xv. p. 92; Temm. Monoy. ii. p. 61 ; Peters, 

 Mossamb. i. p. 23. 



Hah. Africa : Shoa ; Mohilla Islands ; Comoro group. Kirk ; Jo- 

 hanna Island, Livingstone. 



The skuU elongate ; the false grinders in the upper jaw very small, 

 lower larger ; the front grinder in each jaw very high, conical ; the 

 canines very long, slender. 



M. Tcmrainck says that the specimens from Calcutta, Pondicherry, 

 and Ceylon do not differ from those from Madagascar (Mon. ii. p. 62) ; 

 but I believe that they are distinct species. 



3. Pteropus medius. The Wurhagool. B. M. 



Blackish brown ; nape and back of neck yellow ; head, throat, 

 chest, and abdomen darker, red or blackish brown. 



Pteropus Edwardsii, part., Geoff. Ann. Mm. xv. p. 92 ; Te7nm. Monog. 

 ii. p. 61. P. medius, Temm. Monog. i. p. 176. P. leucocephalus, 

 Hodqs. Joiirn. Ax. Soc. Bern/, iv. p. 700 ! P. edulis, W. Elliot. 

 P. Edwardsii, WatcrhouKe, P. Z. S. 1843, p. ()7 ! Kehmrt, Prod. 

 27 ! P. assamensis, M-CJeUand, P. Z. S. vii. p. 148 ! P. rubricollis, 

 McClelland. 



