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bitten on the withers or just along- the base of the mane, and on sev- 
eral occasions the blood had flowed from the wound and trickled down 
the forelegs as far as the knee. In almost every shed or stable there 
was some contrivance to frighten away the bats. Usually pieces of 
tin or the wings of a ]>lack vulture stuck into a fruit of a pawpaw were 
suspended from the roof, so as to swing just al)ove the backs of the 
animals. 
17. ARTIBEUS PLANIROSTRIS (Spix). 
LESSER ARTIBEUS. 
1878. Artiheus planirostris T)oBi^o^s, Cat. Chiropt. Brit. Mus., p. 515. 
1897. Artibeus planirostris Allen and Chapman, Bull. Ainer. Mnn. Nat. Hist., IX, j). 15. 
1900. Uroderma planirostris Bangs, Proc. New Eng. Z06I. Clul), I, p. 101. 
While this bat is smaller than the one described under the same 
name by Dobson, it is the one usually caWed A. plan Irostr is., and shows 
no tangible differences from Brazilian examples in the Philadelphia 
Academy of Natural Sciences. 
Three specimens were obtained at Macuto. At first sight they 
resemble immature specimens of the large A.jxdinarum. They, along 
with a couple of the larger species, Avere obtained hy swishing- the air 
with poles in a garden at night, at the same time attracting them by 
making with the tongue a clicking noise in imitation of their cry. 
They are preserved in alcohol and give the following measurements: 
Measurements. 
No. 
Sex. 
Length. 
Forearm. 
Longest 
finger. 
Tibia. 
Foot. 
102894 
102895 
102896 
Male 
Female . . . 
do.... 
75 
73 
70 
60 
59 
57.4 
117 
121 
120 
22 
22 
21 
14 
15 
16 
18. ARTIBEUS PALMARUM Allen and Chapman. 
PALM ARTIBEUS. 
1S97. AftUims pabnarum Allen and Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., IX, \k Ki. 
1900. Artibeus palmarum J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, p. 89. 
Represented by 66 specimens — 36 skins and 30 alcoholics. 
At early dawn on July 3 a number of these large bats were seen to 
fly into a cocoa palm near La Guaira. When the day became suffi- 
ciently bright to see clearly they were discovered hanging from the 
midribs of the leaves, and six were secured. Thej^ were afterwards 
found aluindantly in the trees in the streets and park at Macuto. They 
hung in clusters of from one to a dozen or more. Mr. Lyon secured 
22 one morning, of which 10 were killed at one shot. Two were shot 
at San Julian. The}^ evidently roost by sexes. They were often found 
