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not met with above the latter elevation. It appears about the first 

 week in April, and is not seen after the beginning of October. This 

 Bat has a very powerful and long-sustained flight, and it frequently 

 enters rooms at night. It generally flies higher up in the air than 

 R, ferrum-equinum, and is perhaps more frequently found away 

 from dense tree-growth than that species. R. hipposideros has not, 

 I believe, been previously recorded from British India. 



2. Rhinolophus FERRUM-EauiNUM (Schrcb.). 



Rhi)wlophus ferrum-equinum, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 119. 



This species was very common in the low hot valleys of the 

 Gilgit district from about the middle of April to the end of Sep- 

 tember, appearing a little later in spring and disappearing a little 

 earlier in autumn than R. hipposideros. Its flight appeared to be 

 less powerful than that of its smaller relative ; and when it entered 

 a room at night it was more easily captured. Its vertical range in 

 the district seems to be from about 4500 to 5500 feet. Its favour- 

 ite haunts are orchards and clumps of mulberry trees, where insect 

 food is abundant ; and in the close hot evenings in summer it could 

 always be found in the lowest parts of the valleys in such situations, 

 flying low down about the trees. 



3. Synotus darjilingensis (Hodgson). 



Synohis darjilingensis, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 1/7. 



This Bat was common in summer in the Gilgit district at an ele- 

 vation of 5000 feet. It made its appearance as early as the first 

 week in March, and was not seen after the first week in October. 

 It frequently enters rooms in the evening from S to 10 o'clock. 



All the specimens collected differ from <8'. barbastellus of Europe 

 in not having any projecting lobe on the outer margin of the ear ; 

 and in all of them the ear laid forward reaches beyond the end 

 of the muzzle. 



4. Plecotus AURiTTJs (Linn.). 



Plecotus aiiritus, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 178. 

 This large-eared Bat is not of frequent occurrence in Gilgit. I 

 obtained two specimens in September at an elevation of 5000 feet. 



5. Otonycteris hemprichi (Peters). 



Otonycteris hemprichi, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 182. 



This fine species does not seem to be very common in the Gilgit 

 valley. A specimen was first obtained there by Major Biddulph in 

 July 1876 ; and the only specimen I secured was captured in Gilgit in 

 May. It was observed flying over a field about dusk ; and its large 

 size at once attracted attention. 



6. Vesperugo discolor (Natt.). 



Vesperugo discolor, Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 204. 



This Bat was only observed in summer, in well-wooded country, 



