nigro, subtus fuliginoso ; iridibus rubris ; rostro cinereo-caruleo ; 

 vertice viridi-albo ; tarsis pedibtisgue griseis. 

 Head and neck black ; all the upper surface greyish black ; under 

 surface sooty black ; irides bright red ; bill light bluish grey ; crown 

 of the head greenish \vhite ; legs and feet French grey. 



Totai length 14 inches ; bill, lį; wing, 8; tail, 2į ; tarsi, 2į. 

 Hab. Western Australia. 



" Descriptions of ppecies of Bats coUected in the Philippine Islands, 

 and presented to the Society by H. Curaing, Esq." By G. R. Water- 

 house, Esq. 



The following descriptions and notices, added to those given in 

 the Proceedings for May 1843, include all the species of the order 

 Cheiroptera collected by Mr. Cuming in the Philippine Islands ; and 

 it is necessary to statė, with regard to the descriptions alluded to, 

 that they are all drawn up from sjjecimens preserved in spirit ; and 

 although every care has been taken to ascertain the true colouring 

 of the fur as nearly as possible by repeated examinations of the spe- 

 cimens, raounted as they were in clear spirits of \vine, the colours 

 may not prove to be exactly as I have supposed. 



The foilowing table displays sorae of the more prominent charac- 

 ters of the species of Vespertilio (generally so difficult to determine) 

 about to be described : — 



A. Wing-inembrane extending to the distal end of tibia. 



a. Ears moderate, or rather small, rounded ; tragus rather short, 



rounded at the apex ; heel-cartilage short. 

 a. 1 . Nostrils separated by a moderately 

 ■wide space, and opening sublate- 

 rally 1 . Vesp. tristis. 



a. 2. Nostrils with a narrow space be- 



tween them (a distinct notch, how- 

 ever, in that space), and o^ieuing 

 almost in front 2. Vesp.Eschscholtzii. 



b. Ears large and pointed ; tragus long, narrow and pointed ; 



heel-cartilage long. 



b. 1. Hind-foot very large 3. Tes/j. viacrotarsus. 



b. 2. Hind-foot small 4. Vesp. pellucidus. 



B. \Ving-membrane extending to base of toes. 



a. Ears short, rounded at apex; tragus 



short, subpointed 5. Vesp. Meyetii. 



b. Ears large, pointed ; tragus long, at- 



tenuated and pointed 6. Vesp. mfo-pictus. 



Vespertilio tristis. Vesp. vellere niolli, nigricanii-fuliginoso ; 

 auribus mediocribus , rotundatis ; tragis mediocribus arcuatis, apice 

 rotundatis ; rostro brevi obtuso ; alis angustis. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin. ... 2 5 

 caudcc 2 o 



