MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



1321 



No. v.— NOTES ON THE TIME OF APPEARANCE AND 

 FLIGHT OF EASTERN BATS.* 



Time of appearance. Flight. 



Pteropus . . . . early (well be- High, slow and heavy (rook-like) 



fore sunset). occasionally soaring for short 



distances. 

 Cynopterus (includ- late (well after Low, compared with Pteropus, 



ing all other small fruit 

 bats.) 



BMnolophus . . 



Hipposiderus (small) . 



Megadermatidcd 



Pipistrellus . . 



late 

 frequently 



early, 

 very late 

 early . . 



Bunset). comparatively quick and flut- 



tering. 

 Low and fluttering. 

 High, although not particularly 

 swift (Java, New Guinea, etc.) 

 Low swift fluttering. 

 Larger species swift, smaller 

 species (including Tylonycteris) 

 very erratic in flight. The 

 larger species generally fly 

 high, the smaller are variable. 

 [This is true, but I have several times seen them in swarms bexore sunset 

 when white ants were swarming after first rain — R. 0. W.] 

 Scotophilus ., .. early .. .. High, swift. 



Harpyiocephalus ! early .. " .. High, slow and heavy. 



{Hesperotenus f) 

 [I am not sure of this identification but all specimens entered in lists as 

 Harpyiocephalus were Hesperoptenus — R. C. W.] 

 Plecotus ....'] ( 



}-late 



Slow and fluttering, compara- 



tively low. 



Kerivoula 



Vespertilio . . • • J L 



[Almost certainly Mr. Shortridge means Myotis — R. 0. W.] 



* Mr. Shortridge's notes were submitted^ to Mr. Wroughton who has added a 

 few remarks in brackets under his initials R. 0. W. — tEds. 



