NO. 5 MAMMALS OF PANAMA GOLDMAN IQI 



and the exceedingly rare species Macrophylhim macro phylliim. They 

 were clinging singly in the vicinity of massed clusters of the Hemi- 

 derma. We were allowed to approach quite near, the bats watching 

 us suspiciously, their frequent squeaks and quivering ears showing 

 their alertness. One was seen to extend its long tongue the full 

 length and then retract it much as a dog does when stretching. 



Small colonies were located in two shallow caves along the rocky 

 coast a short distance west of the Pacific entrance to the Panama 

 Canal. In these caves scattered individuals were hanging along 

 crevices in half-lighted places. One cave was shared with Phyllos- 

 tomus hastatus panamensis and Hcmiderma p. aztecum, the other 

 with the Heiniderma and Saccopteryx bilineata. Others were cling- 

 ing to the roof of a limestone cave on the mountain side several miles 

 below the Darien gold mines at Cana. In other parts of the same 

 cave were colonics of H emiderma p. aztecum, Hemiderma casta- 

 neum, Lonchophylla robusta, Lonchophylla concava and Desmodus 

 rotundus miiriniis. 



At Bohio a few of these bats were suspended from the vaulted 

 roof of the old French powder house. At Porto Bello several indi- 

 viduals were located in a dark corner of an old Spanish fort. 



As Glossophaga soricina, 13 specimens frO'm Boqueron, collected 

 by J. H. Batty, have been recorded by Allen (1904, p. 78). Under 

 the same name, Bangs (1902, p. 50) listed a specimen collected by 

 W. W. Brown, Jr., at Bugaba. Thomas (1903a, p. 39) in record- 

 ing examples from small islands oflf the coast of western Panama, 

 lists the following localities : Gobernador, Insolita, Jicaron, 

 Palenque, Brava, Parida, Boqueron (island), and Cebaco. 



In a recent revision of the genus. Miller (1913a, p. 419) lists 

 specimens examined from the following localities in Panama : 

 Balboa, Canal Zone, Colon, and Paraiso. 



The feeding habits of this bat are little known, but are probably 

 similar to those of a Glossophagine species, of Jamaica, which were 

 described in considerable detail by W. Osburn * many years ago. His 

 interesting account well illustrates the manner of using the very long 

 protractile tongue in licking away the juice and pulp of soft fruits. 



Specimens examined : Agua Clara, i ; Ancon, i ; Balboa, 3 ; Bohio, 

 3; Boqueron, 32*; Bugaba, i*; Cana, i; Colon, 3; Corozal, 24; 

 Empire, i ; Old Panama, 16; Panama (city), 37*; Paraiso, 44; Porto 

 Bello, I ; San Pablo, 12; Vigia. i. 



^ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, pp. 81-85. 



* Collection Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



* Collection Mus. Comp. Zool. 



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