A PTEROPODID^. 



of the middle finger shorter than the second finger. Wing membrane 

 attached to the back of the first phalanx of the second toe^ and from 

 the sides of the hairy back. Tail none. 



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Back of the head, neck and shoulders generally covered with fur, 

 distinct in colour and quality from that of the back. 



This genus includes the largest known bats. 



Pteropus medius, Tem. Monog. Mammal i., p. 176. P. Ed- 

 wardsii, (Jeof. (in part) Ann. du Mus. xv. p. 92 ; Jerdon, Mammals 

 of India ^/ 18 ; Button, Peters, Pro. Zoo. Soc. 1872. P. Medius, 

 Dobson, Journ. As. Soc. Ben. 1873; Monog. As. C/wV. p. 18; Cat. 

 Ckir. Br. Mus. p. 51 ; Anderson, Cat. Mam. Ind. Mus. p. 101. 



Ears long, w^ith acutely-pointed tips, upper third of the margin 

 concave beneath the tip, the largest diameter of the opening of the 

 external ear 1^ inches. Except at the bases posteriorly and a narrow 

 triangular portion covered with short hairs terminating towards the 

 middle of the outer margin, the ears are naked. The anterior flattened 

 edge of the inside of the conch is covered from the base upwards for 

 about one-third the length of the ear. Face naked in front of a line 

 joining the inner angles of the eyes, and on either side of the naked 

 space a few long hairs arise from separate papilla. Fur on the back 

 of the head, neck and shoulders rather dense ; on the back short and 

 adpressed, and narrowing across the loins. Elbow naked. A few 

 short hairs cover the narrow portion of the wing membrane, about 

 an inch and a half long, posterior to the forearm. The femur and inter- 

 femoral membrane, as far as a line coxTCspouding to tbe position of 

 the semi-circular band on the under-surface of the membrane, are 

 covered. The tibiee and feet naked ; the former sometimes with a few 

 short hairs. Nape of the neck and shoulders reddish yellow, golden 

 yellow, or pale straw colour ; the chest and upper parts of the same colour, 

 or sometimes of a darker hue. Face and throat reddish brown ; crown of 

 the head brighter. Sides of the body beneath the wings and round the 

 pubis dark reddish brown. On each side of the neck, a circular tuft of 

 rigid unctuous hairs of a reddish and yellow colour, covering the glands. 



Length (of an adult ^ ) — Head and body lO'S", head 3", ear r45'' X 

 0'8", ear from end of nostril 2' 8", eye from end of nostril 1-2*, forearm 

 6-3", second finger H'O", thumb 2-5'', fourth finger 8", tibia 2-8", foot 

 and claws 2". 



Hah. — Sind ( Jacobabad), Kutch, Madras, Bombay, Poena, Sholapore, 

 Bhosawal, Nagpore, Nepaul, Assam, Ceylon, and Kelat (Dr. Bowman 

 in Dobson^s Cat. Br. Mus.), also Arracan and Burmah, Punjab 

 (Umi-itsar), Delhi. 



This is the only, species of the genus as yet known to inhabit the 

 Peninsula of India. It is generally found in colonies of one or two 

 hundred ; and the most commonly selected tree, especially in the 

 Concan, Deccan, and Khandeish, for a diunial retreat, is the common 

 fig, {Ficus reh'giosa,) hanging on the branches of which the greater 



