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these tubes to be very sensitive organs. This captive 

 tube-nose would not eat while caged, and as I feared it 

 would die, I soon gave it its liberty. It was most restless 

 during the whole time I had possession of it. It uttered 

 a cry which was quite different from that of other Australian 

 fruit-bats, being neither loud nor harsh ; indeed, this re- 

 markable bat is altogether different in appearance and 

 habits from the red-necked and other species. 



^ Of the leaf-nosed bats I could discover only one in the 

 neighbourhood of Champion Bay (Rhinolophus megaphyllus), 

 which is mentioned chiefly to show its distribution. By 

 some Australian naturalists this species is believed to be 

 confined to York Peninsula. I, however, obtained it 

 thirty miles inland from Port Grey, and shot another 

 specimen a few miles to the north of that place. I have 

 also seen it near Port Darwin. It does not, however, seem 

 to be known in the Swan River district. 



