38 MR. E. T. BENNETT ON A REMARKABLE PTEROPINE BAT. 
no means unversed in its mysteries, and who has long maintained the highest rank as 
a popular zoologist. Gilbert White, of Selborne, was the first Englishman who ascer- 
tained the existence of indigenous Bats other than the two known as European to Lin- 
neus: to that good man and excellent observer be this singular species dedicated ,—a 
species belonging to one of the few groups of Bats that are of direct utility to the human 
race, and which, preying not on other animals, rest contented with the simple fruits of 
their native woods. 
PLATE VI. 
Preropus WuiTrEI. 
PLATE VII. 
Fig. 1. One of the hairs of the lateral tufts of the neck of Pteropus White, highly 
magnified. 
. A portion of the same hair, near its base ; 
. Another portion, near its middle ; 
. A third portion, nearer to its tip ; 
d. The tip: all seen under a still higher power. 
2. One of the hairs of the back, magnified to the same extent as Fig. 1. 
e. A portion of the same hair from its base ; 
f. Another portion from the middle ; 
g. The tip: all more highly magnified. 
3. Portions, very highly magnified, of one of the hairs from the under surface 
of the neck. 
h. The base ; 
i. The middle ; 
j. The tip. 
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