264 PTEBOPODIDJE. 



Blyth notes that the flight of this species is particularly light 

 and buoyant, very different from the direct heavy flight of Pteropus, 

 but the general manners and voice of the two are very similar. 



139. Cynopterus brachyotus. The Andaman sliort-nosed 

 Fruit-Bat. 



Cynopterus brachyotis, S. Mutter. Tijd&ch. Natuur. Gesch. v, p. 146 



(1839). 

 Cynopterus marginatus, var. andarnanensis, Dobson, J. A. S. B. xlii, 



pt. 2, p. 201, pi. xiv, fig. 5 (ear). 



Cvnopterus bracnyotus, Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 26 ; Scully, J. A. 

 "S. B. Ivi, pt. 2, p. 239. 



This resembles the previous species in all respects except in 

 having much smaller ears, which measure from the orifice 0-7 

 instead of 1 inch. 



Dimensions of a female : head and body 3*7 inches, tail 0-4, ear 

 as above 0-7, forearm 2-6. 



Distribution. Andaman Islands and Borneo. Scully states that 

 two specimens, obtained by him in Nepal, agree with this form in 

 the size of the ears. 



140. Cynopterus scherzeri. The Nicobar short-nosed Fruit-Bat. 



Pachysoma scherzeri, Fitzinger, Sltzungsb. Wien. Akad. xlii, p. 390 



(1861) (no description); Zelebor, Novara, JReise, Sdugeth. p. 13 



(1868). 

 Cynopterus scherzeri, Dobson, J. A. S. B. xlii, pt. 2, p. 201, pi. xiv, 



fig. 6 (ear) ; id. Mon. As. Chir. p. 26 ; id. Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 84 ; 



Anderson, Cat. p. 106. 



Ears naked, rounded at the tip, without any distinct basal lobe 

 to the outer margin, and but slightly exceeding in length the 

 distance from the eye to the nostril. Muzzle broader than in 

 C. marginatus, and frontal region narrower. 



Colour dark brown. According to Dobson the ears have no white 

 edges, but I think there are traces of white on the inner margins 

 of the ears in a British Museum specimen. 



Dimensions. Head and body of a female 3'7 inches long, tail 

 0*55, ear from orifice - 6, forearm 2*7. 



Distribution. The types were from Car-Nicobar Island, where 

 the species was found on the leaves of cocoa-nut palms by the 

 * Novara ' Expedition and subsequently by Dr. Stoliczka and others. 

 Another specimen, apparently of this form, from Timor, is in the 

 British Museum. 



141. Cynopterus brachysoma. The tMck-bodied Fruit-Bat. 



Cynopterus brachysoma, Dobson, J. A. S. B. xl, pt. 2, p. 260 (1871), 

 xlii, pt. 2, p. 202, pi. xiv, fig. 7 (ear) ; id, Mon. As. Chir. p. 27 ; 

 id. Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 85 ; Anderson, Cat. p. 106. 



Ears rounded at the tip, and furnished with a prominent 

 rounded lobe at the base of the outer margin ; their length from 



