TAPHOZOUS MELANOPOGON. 31 



The face is flat, and the nostrils can be closed at pleasure. There is a 

 large gular sac in the males, which is glandular; a longitudinal fold on each 

 side leads to this sac. The fur is close, soft, and velvety. The wing is 

 long and narrow, and collapses with a double flexure outwards. From the 

 warmer regions of the old world and Australia. 



31. Taphozous longimanus. 



HARDWICKE, Lin. Trans., XIV. pi. 17. BLYTH, Cat. 85.^. brevi- 

 itianusy cantori, and fulvidus, BLYTH (olim). 



THE LONG-ARMED BAT. 



Descr. Ears, oval, with many distinct folds, naked except at the base ; 

 tragus, securSbrm ; fur, thick, close, fuscous-black or dark fuscous- brown 

 above ; beneath paler, except on the throat, the hairs being conspicuously 

 tipped with grey ; the upper hairs all white at their base ; face, nude ; it 

 and the membranes, dark brownish-black. 



A fulvescent variety was named T. fulvidm by Blyth, who subse- 

 quently stated that young individuals are fulvescent and become gradually 

 blacker with age. 



Length, about 5 inches ; expanse, 15 to 16 inches ; tail, 1, capable of 

 being protruded for f inch ; fore-arm, 2| ; tibia, 1 ; ear, T 9 Jfciternally. 



The long-armed bat is very common about large towns, as at Madras 

 and Calcutta, and is found generally throughout India, It frequents dark 

 out-houses, cellars, stabling, old temples, and the like. Blyth noticed that 

 it had the faculty of creeping about on a vertical board (of a cage) in a 

 most surprising manner, hitching its claws into the minute pores of the 

 wood. 



32. Taphozous melanopogon. 



TEMMINCK. HORSFIELD, Cat. 69. 



THE BLACK-BEARDED BAT. 



Descr. Ears, moderate, oval, with the outer margin extending under 

 the eyes, dilated into a large rounded lobe ; the tragus, leaf-shaped ; the 

 head, muzzle, and chin coy^gh^jh short hairs. Above brown or reddish- 

 brown ; beneath brownieSHOP^ith a long black collar or beard round 

 the throat of the male, surrounded by a light brown band. Many males, 

 however, it is stated, want this collar. The females are brownish-mouse, - 

 gray above, lighter beneath. 



