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THE SILK-COTTON TREE. 



Of all tlie trees that adorn tliis region of enduring 

 summer, many of which are giants of vegetation, 

 rone is more imposing in stature and magnitude com- 

 Kned than the Silk-Cotton tree {Eriodendron anfrac- 



The Dusky Naseberry Bat. Artiheus achradophilus, siihi. ('Axptiy, 

 thi wild-pear, the botanical name of the naseberry, and (piXeca, to love.) 

 Ceitral lobe of nose-leaf ( PI. VI. fig. 4.) lanceolate, but less tapering ; 

 furiished at the base with a distinct projecting ridge, like a foot- 

 stal;: lobe of the nostril quite round; external lobe hardly free, with 

 a tlickened, slightly-waved edge. Edges of both lips minutely 

 note ed. Forehead less prominent ; muzzle broad : warts of the 

 mouh more obvious. 



Goeral hue a dark dusky brown, nearly uniform, but a little paler 

 on tb under parts. Wings black ; fingers pale. Toes about equal- 

 Th Great Naseberry Bat. Artiheus carpolegus, mihi. ( KapTths, fruit' 

 ard A.^7co, to pluck. ) Central lobe of nose-leaf (PI. VI. fig. 5.) oblong, 

 wth parallel slues, abruptly pointed ; a rounded lobe in place of the 

 fotstalk : lobe of the nostril much sinuated, with a deep indent near 

 it summit : external lobe obsolescent, reduced to four low but broad 

 ■wrts, with depressed centres. Edge of upper lip notched all round ; 

 tht of lower lip notched between the incisors, distinctly ; elsewhere 

 iilistinctly. Head more brutal in form ; muzzle large and pro- 

 nnent ; forehead low and receding. Toes regularly diminishing in 

 kgth from the hallux. 



Colour a dark bistre-brown, above and below : wings black. Both 

 o these species were taken at Content ; they have the same pre- 

 dection for the luscious naseberry as the first named, a predilection 

 ■wich I have recorded in the trivial names assigned to them. 

 The Brimstone Naseberry Bat. Artiheus sulphureus, mihi. General 

 f-m that of Jamaicensis ; the forehead equally round and high, 

 bper parts a dusky yellow ; head, shoulders, sides, and belly gam- 

 Ige yellow, dingy ; the face and breast tinged with blue : wings 

 Uck ; fingers pale yellow. The nose-leaf, the tragus, and the volar 

 Embrane of the only specimen that I met with, had been so much 

 cnaged by ants, before it was examined, that no characters could be 



