78 MR. W. OSBURN ON THE BATS OF JAMAICA. [Jan. 24, 
being left open, he would drop the fragments of his feasts on the 
bedclothes and sleeper below. A friend near was so annoyed in the 
same way. that he procured bird-nets, used over fruit-trees, from 
England, as a protection. The berries Dr. Rose particularly men- 
tioned were the fustic (Morus tinctoria), the breadnut (Brosimum 
alicastrum), and the rose-apple (Hugenia jambos). 
«T did not myself see the Bats; but their long ears and their habit 
of entering houses make it extremely probable that this is the spe- 
cies,” 
“ Mount Pleasant, St. Ann’s, 4th October, 1859. 
« T found this species abundant at the entrance of the large cave 
near Dry Harbour.”’ 
9, CHILONYCTERIS GRISEA, Gosse *. 
: “Freeman’s Hall, 19th January, 1859. 
«Two males. Reproductive organs conspicuous. These speci- 
mens were brought to me by a boy, who, seeing them fly about, had 
knocked them down. I instantly recognized their likeness to no. 5, 
so as evidently to be included in the same genus. The measurements 
seem to agree with Mr. Gosse’s ‘Owl-faced Bat,’ as well as the 
description, in all points of form and colour; I have therefore pro- 
visionally so termed it.” 
‘“¢ Oxford Cave, Manchester, 29th February, 1859. 
“ One male; three females. Expanse 113 inches; muzzle to base 
of tail 2; tail 1, tail free}; forearm 12; carpus, to tip, 2; Ist 
digit 14. Dental formula :—M. =, C. SL. 4=32. 
“« Molars consist of three larger and two lesser each side, larger 
much jagged. ' 
«‘ Incisors. Upper, middle, one deep notch ; lateral minute, lean- 
ing towards them. Lower, two-notched ; all edges level. ‘Tongue 
will project 1 inch beyond muzzle. 
«These two species of Chilonycteris (no. 5 & no. 9) differ consi- 
derably in size. Besides this, the raised warty points on each side 
the nostrils are much more prolonged in no. 9 than in no. 5.” 
10. Nocriiio mastivus t. 
“ Long Hill, St. Elizabeth’s, March 1859. 
‘One skin. This skin was presented to me by Mr. Maxwell; 
shot here a short time before my arrival. It was so large that at 
first it was taken for a Pya Dove. One was shortly before captured 
at Falmouth, and excited a good deal of newspaper wonder, being 
considered by the quidnuncs a vampire. ‘The teeth certainly are 
very formidable. I saw that specimen in spirits, and was unable to 
judge of the very considerable shrinking of the body of this speci- 
; mit #5 
men in drying. 
[* Chilonycteris quadridens, Gundlach: Tomes, /. e. p. 65.—P. L. 8.] 
[t Noctilio americanus: Tomes, 4. ¢. p. 68.—P. L. S.] 
