PREFACE. XV 



that is power of flying must have been consi- 

 derable. 



All the species of the genus pteropus, to 

 which this animal is allied, are natives of the 

 tropical regions of the earth ; hence it has been 

 inferred that this animal must also have been 

 an inhabitant of a warm climate, but this opi- 

 nion is destitute of plausibility. 



ROBERT JAMESON. 



COLLEGE OF EDINBURGH, 



19th April, 1817. 



