400 Capt. P. J. Begbie on the Natural History 
layese. This is the largest of the Bat genus, the body measuring 
from nine inches to a foot in length, and the spread of the wings 
being fully five feet. It is destitute of a tail. The upper part 
of the neck is of a dusky red hue, and the remainder of the fur 
black, intermingled with a few white hairs. It is gregarious, 
and may be seen hanging in clusters from the extremities of the 
boughs of a tree in most parts of the peninsula. They fly very 
high and evenly, quitting their retreats about an hour iets 
sunset, and winging their way im an easterly direction, far above 
the tops of the loftiest trees. About an hour after sunrise they 
return in the same manner to their nocturnal retreat, and appa- 
rently accomplish at least four or five miles each trip without 
halting; a flock of them migrating thus regularly every evening 
from Sebang to Taboo, whence they returned the followmg 
morning. From the extreme height at which they soar, they are 
inaccessible by small shot ; and the only one that I ever saw killed 
was shot at Bell’s Stockade, in December 1832, by an officer of 
the 23rd Madras lght infantry with a single ball. As it was 
shot through the heart, it fell perpendicularly ; but the distance 
between the sportsman and the spot where it impinged was a 
hundred measured yards, so that, taking its extreme height into 
consideration, it could have been little less than double that 
range from the sportsman. 
P. rostratus, Horsfield, Desm. The Dog-Bat of Java. Fur 
pale brown. Body three inches. Spread of the wings eleven 
inches. 
Cephalotes Pallasii, Geoff., Desm. (syn. Vespertilio cephalotes, — 
Linn.) The Malacca Bat. Three and a half inches long; spread 
of the wings fourteen inches. Fur above cinereous, beneath 
whitish. | 
Besides the foregoing, there are several species of bats; but 
as their habits present nothing peculiar, I pass on to the con- 
sideration of the Hvinaceus Malaccensis, Linn., Desm. (syn. 
Hystrix brachyura, Linn.) The Malacca Hedgehog. | 
This animal is about eight inches long, and is armed with 
very long spines pointing parallel to each other. From it is 
procured the bezoar, known by the name of Piedra del porco. 
Ursus malayanus, Raffles. The Malay Bear. This species 
is covered with smooth black fur, having a heart-shaped patch 
of yellowish white on the throat. It is very abundant amongst 
the low ranges of wooded hills in the peninsula, a great number 
of which have been called by the Malays Bukit Bruan, or Bears’ 
Hill, in consequence of their resorting thither. It is singular 
that the Bruan of the Malays should so closely assimilate in 
sound with our term Bruin. They are savage and not to be 
trusted. 
