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Color. — Back a mixture of peai'l-gray and pale broccoli-brown, the 

 latter predominating posteriorly, the former anterioi'ly and along edge 

 of wing membranes. The hairs have a distinct silky gloss. Shoulders, 

 neck, chest, and upper side of head chestnut clouded irregularly with 

 seal-brown and fading to light russet on forehead. Cheeks, region 

 behind ears, and whole under side of head and throat seal brown 

 faintly tinged with chestnut, and irregularly sprinkled with glistening 



Fig. iC. Ptcropiis lepidus. (Tvpe). Natural size. 



silvery hairs. Underparts of body mostly broccoli-brown, irregularly 

 shaded with seal-brown at sides of chest and \\-\l\\ an undefined yel- 

 lowish brown on middle of chest. Ears, membranes, and muzzle 

 blackish. The four individuals show marked variation in color, 

 chiefly through extension of the seal Inown areas at the expense of 



