1878. I FROM DUKE-OF- YORK ISLAND. 315 



sent home by the Rev. G. Brown, C.M.Z.S., and kindly placed in 

 my hands by Mr. P. L. Sclater, Secretary of the Society. 



This second collection contains no species which were not repre- 

 sented in the first ; but the opportunity afforded of examining ad- 

 ditional specimens of certain species enables me to correct and add 

 to the notes published in my first paper, and to show that the Chiro- 

 pterous fauna of Duke-of-York Island is even more characteristic of 

 the Australian region than there stated. 



Pteropus melanopogon, var. neohibernicus. 



Pteropus melanopogon, var. neohibernicus, Peters, Monatsb. Akad. 

 Berl. 1876, p. 317. 



Three specimens, an adult female with forearm 7""3, one younger 

 with forearm 7"'0, and one quite immature with forearm 6" - 5. All 

 have the ear one inch in length, and quite similar in shape to that of 

 typical examples of Pt. melanopogon from the Malay archipelago. 

 The index finger appears to be remarkably long, probably propor- 

 tionally longer than in any other species of the genus. In the 

 largest specimen (with forearm 7'3 inches) it is 5*8, the metacarpal 

 bone of the middle finger being 51, while in a full-grown specimen of 

 Pt. melanopogon from Bouru (with forearm 7"" 75), in which the meta- 

 carpal of the middle finger is 5"'2, the index finger measures 5"*5 

 only. In all the specimens the second upper premolar is separated 

 by a rather narrow space from the canine, and the premolars and 

 molars are very large, but with scarcely developed internal cusps, 

 and no trace of basal projections. In the older female the fur is very 

 short, and almost bright yellowish brown throughout, the back of the 

 head and across the shoulders brighter than the rest of the body, on 

 the thighs brown, the fur of the face and throat of a reddish brown 

 shade, but no trace of a black patch of hairs beneatlf the chin and 

 throat. In the younger female the fur is much longer and darker, 

 but, as in the older specimen, it is reduced to a narrow line about an 

 inch wide along the centre of the back ; the face about the eyes, the 

 cheeks, and under the muzzle and throat reddish brown, the whole 

 under surface paler reddish brown ; the back of the head bright yel- 

 low ; the neck above and on the sides light yellowish brown, shoulders 

 brighter; the narrow line along the centre of the back bright yellow- 

 ish, edged with dark brown, which colour extends upon the hairs 

 clothing the thighs. The immature specimen rather resembles the 

 older one ; but the back of the head is paler yellow, the face and chin 

 darker brown, and the fur along the back is much broader and 

 almost uniformly light brown. 



Pteropus capistratus. 



Pteropus cajristratus, Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Berl. 1876, 

 p. 316 (with a coloured plate); Dobson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, 

 p. 116. 



A single female specimen, not differing from those previously de- 

 scribed ; the black ring surrounding the muzzle between the ears 



