98 MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS OX [Feb. 6, 



2. Rousbttus strvmineus Geoffr. 



a-d. Lahej, 19th August. 



" Large Fruit-Bats. — These fine Bats were seen for a Fow days in 

 considerable numbers among the palms near Lahej, but only for a 

 very sbort time, less than a week. They are very noisy in their 

 roosting-places, squeaking and swearing, making a great fuss early 

 in the mornings. They were feeding, so far as I could make out, 

 on dates, which were just ripe. They and the crows are so trouble- 

 some when the dates are ripening that every bunch is put into a 

 bag made of palm-leaves for protection. We had some difficulty 

 in getting these Bats down ; if killed they remained hung up, it was 

 only the wounded ones who tried to move about that came down. 

 They hung in bunches of 10 to 50 on the highest palms in the 

 plantation, and were not at all easy to move when once they had 

 hung up for the day." 



3. RotXSETTUS AMPLEXICAUDATUS Geoffr. 



a-d. Lahej, 22nd August. 



e,f (2 in ale). Lahej, 22nd August. 



In the previous paper on Aden mammals this Bat was referred 

 to R. cegyptiacus, but in Dr. Matschie's recent work l it is assigned 

 to R. amplexicaudatus, and pending further enquiry I use that 

 name. I am, however, sure that R. cegyptiacus and R. amplexi- 

 caudatus cannot always be distinguished by the palate-ridge 

 character used in Dr. Matschie's synopsis of species. 



" Small Fruit-Bats. — In working up Wadi Bilih we found a cave 

 or rather passage in the bank, which had been cut out by water and 

 is about 15 yards through, from 15 to 20 feet high and about 6 to 

 12 feet across. About the mouth of the cave there were always 

 a few Bock-Doves, but inside the roof was covered by Bats. The 

 Bats were very easily driven out into sunlight, where they flew 

 all round, settling on sides of the wadi in clusters of 10 to 20. 

 On the first occasion I was at the cave after driving out the Bats 

 I was making my way down the gully into the wadi, when 

 I heard a thud in the air : 1 looked up just in time to see a Falcon 

 passing over and a Bat falling to the ground. I waited a few 

 minutes and as the Falcon came down on to the Bats again I got 

 a shot and killed him neatly. On several occasions when at the 

 cave and Bats were driven out, Falcons came down on to them. 

 I bagged one more." 



4. Tri^ttops persicus Dobs. 



a, b (in ale). No exact locality. 



5. Hipposiderus (Asellia) tridens G-eoffr. 



Yerb. & Thos. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 546. 



a-d. Skins, and a number of specimens in spirit. Lahej, Sept. 

 1899. 



1 Flederm. Berl. Mus. i. p. 65 (1899). 



