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seems not quite decided about the distinctness of Macropus major 
and M. melanops. We have now pairs of both these species living 
and breeding in the Society’s Gardens; and if, as I believe, the latter 
are rightly named, I think there can be little doubt as to these two 
animals being distinct. Besides its much smaller size, black face, 
&c., M. melanops is readily distinguishable by its nearly naked ears, 
which are merely sparingly covered with short blackish hairs. In 
this latter character M. erubescens closely resembles it. 
5. A Collared Fruit-bat (Cynonycteris collaris), born in the Gar- 
dens February 27th. 

Cynonycteris collaris, fem. cum catulo. 
