36 Mr. W. E. de Winton on Bats of the 
very sharp set of teeth, a very curious sparkling eye, a long 
extended mouth, a monstrous high Fin on its back, being of a 
slimy substance, only the Ribs which stretched it out (being 
thirty-two in number) were firm and stiff. He had one small 
fin under his jaw, of the same slimy substance. ‘That part 
of him which is without small spots, is a perfect green Jelly, 
whence he was called by us a Jel/y-fish. The rest of him 
was firm, of a Silver colour, with small spots, and streaks or 
partings, as is exprest in the Figure.” 
The figure itself, rude as it is, as might be expected from a 
mariner of that time, leaves no doubt as to the nature of the 
fish. Whether it was drawn from the specimen at the time 
of its capture, or at a later period from recollection, is matter 
of conjecture. It is evident that Funnel], when the Dutch 
authorities at Amboyna took possession of all the private 
effects of the ship’s company, found means to preserve the 
notes which he had made during the voyage, and without 
which he would not have been able to write the account pub- 
lished after his return to England. ‘They probably included 
a sketch of the fish, but it seems to me that the description 
was drawn up at a later period, from the sketch and from 
memory. Both figure and description are much too in- 
accurate to draw from them any conclusion as to the species 
to which Funnell’s specimen belonged. ‘This, however, is 
immaterial; Goode and Bean (Ocean. Ichth. p. 117) express 
themselves as not thoroughly satisfied that more than one 
species has been found in the Atlantic. 
V.—WNotes on Bats of the Genus Nyctinomus found in 
Africa, &éc. By W. E. pe WINTON. 
THE working out of the species of Nyctznomus in connexion 
with Dr. Anderson’s ‘Fauna of Egypt’ has necessitated 
looking through the whole of the specimens of this genus 
contained in the collection of the British Museum. In 
several instances the determination arrived at by Dobson in 
his ‘Catalogue of the Chiroptera’ has been found to require 
amendment, and the examination of the skulls has brought 
out additional facts of importance. ‘I'his communication is 
contined only to those species, found principally on the continent 
of Africa and the island of Madagascar, which have the ears 
joined or rising close together from the centre line of the 
face, and does not deal with that section of the genus with 
