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forward, receiving uo tributaries, to the right aiu'icle. The vein 

 lies in a groove in the azygos lobe of the right hing, separating it 

 from the posterior lobe ; its relation to the pleura has been already 

 noticed. This part of the vessel measures 7 mm. in length. 



I have been obliged, owing to ill-health and other causes, to post- 

 pone the publication of the rest of this paper. 



I have much pleasure in expressing my thanks to Professor 

 Howes, for his kindness in providing me with material ; to Mr. W. 

 C. Hoyle, for great assistance in consulting the litei-ature of the 

 Order ; and to Miss E. M. Grore, for some beautifully executed 

 drawings. 



LiTEBATUBE. 



The systematic and distributional literatui'e of the Chiroptera is 

 tolerably voluminous. It is unnecessary in this paper to do more 

 than briefly refer to the labours of O. Thomas, P. A. Jentink, and 

 others, published chiefly in the 'Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History,' ' Aunali del Museo di Geneva,' and ' Proceedings ' of 

 this Society. Up to 1878 many references are to be found in 

 Dobson's Catalogue, and in more recent times in H. Allen's 

 Monograph, and Flower and Lydekker's MammaU (Introduction 

 to Study of Mammals etc., Lond. 1891. Chiroptera, pp. 641-679). 

 Since 1864 a very complete list may be found in the Zoological 

 Record for each year. 



It also seems needless to quote the various works on Compara- 

 tive Anatomy in general. A summary of these may be found in 

 H. Gr. Bronn's ' Thier-Eeich,' Saugeth. (W. Leche) : Leipzig & 

 Heidelberg, 1884, Band vi. Abth. v. pp. 10-13, 18-19, etc. 



The following list comprises chiefly the anatomical and physio- 

 logical literature not already mentioned, some of the more 

 exclusively distributional papers that have been published since 

 the appearance of Dobson's Catalogue being also inserted. The 

 abbreviations are those used in the Zoological Eecord for 1895. 



Amaks, p. C. — " Comparaisons des organes du Vol dans la serie 

 animale." Ann. Sci. Nat. (6) xix. pp. 186-195. 



Ballowitz, E. — " Ueber die Vorkommen der Minopterm schrei- 

 hersii, Natterer, in Deutschland, nebst einigen Bemerkungen 

 iiber die Eortpflanzuug deutscher Chiropteren." Zool. Anz. 

 xiii. pp. 531-536. 



Batten, J. D.— Nature Notes, No. 72, vol. vi. Dec. 1895, pp. 224- 

 229. (Eemarks on food, habits, and psychology of English 

 Bats.) 



Bell, T. — History of British Quadrupeds. Has figures of 12 

 British Bats, described bv ToiiEs, E. E. 2nd ed., Lond. 

 1874. 



BlELZ, E. A. — " Ueber die in Siebenbiirgen vorkommeuden Fleder- 

 miiuse." Verb. Siebenb. Ver. xxxvi. pp. 76-84. (17 Sieben- 

 biirgen Bats. Quotes D.U)at, Orvos-termeszethudo-manyi 

 ertesito, x. p. 266. On new varieties and species.) 



