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part of breast bright reddish-yellow ; breast from shoulder to 
shoulder blackish-gray ; back grayish-black, many of the hairs 
with shining extremities. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about eight and a half inches ; 
forearm about six and a fifth inches. 
Habitat.— Australia. 
References.— Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt.p. 31; Gould, Mamm. 
Austr. iii. pl. xxvill. 
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2. PTEROPUS BRUNNEUS, Dobson (1878). 
Dusky F'lying-F'ox. 
Size large. Ears scarcely longer than the muzzle, triangular 
above, obtusely pointed, naked, Interfemoral membrane very 
narrow in the centre and concealed by the fur. Fur rather short 
throughout, longer on the neck than on the back, where it is 
directed backwards and slightly adpressed, nearly two inches wide 
across the middlé of the back. A few fine erect hairs on the 
membrane between the humerus and thigh. Fur of the head, 
back, breast, and abdomen yellowish-brown, with a few shining 
hairs, the neck above brighter. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about eight inches; forearm 
about four and a half inches. 
Habitat.—Percy Island, North-east Australia. 
Reference.—Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p. 37, pl. iii. fig. 4* 
(ear ). 
3. Preropus Gouupi, Peters (1867). 
Gould’s Flying-F'ox. 
Ears long, narrow, and pointed. Interfemoral membrane very 
narrow behind and concealed in the middle by the fur. Thighs 
clothed with fur both above and below. Wing-membranes quite 
three inches apart at the middle of the back ; beneath, as far as 
a line drawn from the elbow to the knee, clothed with long black 
fur. General color intensely black intermixed with a few grayish 
or yellowish hairs. Back of head and neck dark ferruginous-brown, 
the latter sometimes bright yellow in adult males. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about nine inches; forearm about 
six and a half inches. 
Habitat.—North-east Australia and the islands off the coast. 
References.— Dobson, B.M. Catal. Chiropt. p.60; Gould, Mamm. 
Austr. iii. pl. xxx. 
Note.—See p. 78. 
* Hrroneously “2” in letterpress. 
