170 SUN-BIRDS IN JAVA. 



The objects, however, turn out to be nothing of 

 the kind. He soon perceives a disagreeable scent, 

 and hears a piping noise. The black objects 

 resolve themselves into a troop of bats ! 



There they hang, head downwards, from the 

 branches to which they have hooked themselves, 

 waiting for the dusk of evening, when they will 

 fly forth in search of prey. 



The largest bat in the world lives in Java. 



