1865. ] MR. W. OSBURN ON THE BATS OF JAMAICA. 61 
In the present specimen the fur was greyish above, without any 
rufous tint; in the var. kirkii the upper surface was tinged with 
rufous ; in the third example, considered to be the typical form, the 
fur above was of a deep rufous. Besides the coloration, no other 
differences of importance were noted in these three specimens; and 
the conclusion arrived at was that Galago monteiri was little, if any- 
thing, more than a pale variety of Galago crassicaudata. It would 
be desirable, however, to get additional specimens of this Angolan 
form for further comparison. 
_ The following papers were read :— 
1. Nores on THE CHEIROPTERA OF JAMAICA. By THE LATE 
Mr. W. Ossurn. Communicatep By P. L. Scuater, M.A., 
Pu.D., F.R.S., SecreTaRY TO THE SOCIETY. 
[In these ‘ Proceedings’ for 1861 (p. 63) will be found a paper by 
Mr. R. F. Tomes on the Mammals collected in Jamaica by the late 
Mr. W. Osburn. Mr. Osburn died suddenly, at Raymond Hall, St. 
Andrew’s, in Jamaica, the 21st of February 1860, after a residence of 
two years, devoted to the pursuit of natural history, in that island. 
The following notes on the Bats which he collected seem to be of 
great interest. They have been extracted from the MSS. of the 
deceased naturalist, which have been kindly placed at my disposal 
by Mr. Henry Osburn, his brother. The names and numbers of 
the species are those employed by Mr. Osburn. I have added what 
I believe to be the correct name of each species in a foot-note.— 
Pa. 8. | 
1. Nycrrinomus *, sp.? “ Mahogany Hall, 30th October, 1858. 
“‘T caught two specimens of this Bat in the house after dusk : 
they were easily knocked down. One, very like them, only about 
half as large again, I got out of an old cocoa-nut palm in the garden. 
Unfortunately it was destroyed by ants. I was inclined at first to 
think it a full-grown specimen of this species ; but the capture of two 
smaller ones successively at different places, under the same circum- 
stances, makes it probable that it was quite different: when caught, 
they bit fiercely at the hands. When disturbed, it would make a 
rapid ‘bub-bub-bub,’ a dull sound, as if produced by lips, the effort 
jerking the whole body at each repetition. This sound was produced 
by its being partially covered with a glass. It had, I afterwards 
found, only one cry, ‘ click-click.’ ”” 
““ Mahogany Hall, 3rd December, 1858. 
*“ These little Bats are extremely common here, making their way 
in through chinks of the shingles. This specimen, when caught, had 
the feet and wrist covered with cobwebs taken in his passage. They 
generally appear from half-past five to six o’clock, directly after sun- 
down, and occasionally appear up to ten o’clock, but not in such 
numbers. They again make their appearance in my bedroom before 
[* Nyetinomus nasutus, Spix; Tomes, /. c. p. 68.—P. L. S.] 
