1909.] COLLECTION OF MAMMALS FROM EGYPT. 789 



Nycteris thebaica E. Geoffr. 



Nycteris thebaica E, Geoffr. St. Hil. Ann. du Miis. xx. p. 20, 

 pi. i. (1813); de Wint. in Anders. Zool. Egypt, Mamm. p. 107 

 (1902). 



A single specimen of this species was obtained in the Fay urn. 



PiPISTRELLUS KUHLII (Natt.). 



Vespertilio kiMii Natt., in Kuhl, Deutsch. Flederm., Wetterau 

 Ann.iv. p. 55 (1817). 



Pipistrellus kuhli Natt.,de Wint. in Anders. Zool. Egypt, Mamni. 

 p. 124 (1902). 



A common species near Giza, also obtained in the Fayum. 



PiPISTRELLUS rueppellii (Fisch.). 



Vespertilio ruppellii Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 109 (1829). 

 Pipistrellus rueppelli Fisch., de Wint. in Anders. Zool. Egypt, 

 Mamm. p. 127 (1902). 



A single example obtained in the Fayum. 



Rhinopoma microphyllum (Brlinn.). 



Vespertilio microphyllum Briinnich, Dyrenes Hist, og Dyre- 

 Sam. Universit. Natur-Theater, i. p. 50, pi. vi. figs. 1-4 (1782). 



Rhinopoma onicrophyllitm (Briinn.), de Wint. in Anders. Zool. 

 Egypt, Mamm. p. 143 (1902). 



Of the two specimens of Bhinopomci from Aburoash, one 

 proved to belong to this species. Except for skull characters and 

 length of forearm this and the following species seem to be 

 identical, and to live side by side in the same caves. 



Rhinopoma cystops Thos. 



Rhhiopoma cystops Thos. Ann. Mag, N. H. ser. 7, vol. xi. 

 p. 497 (1903). 



In visiting a cave at Aburoash in which Capt. Flower had told 

 me that bats of this genus were abundant, I was surprised at 

 seeing only about half-a-dozen specimens, of which I secured two 

 examples. Possibly these bats were hibernating in the cracks 

 and fissures, as I was unable to procure some owing to their 

 running into clefts. These bats are able to crawl about easily 

 and with considerable alertness (for a bat) on the sides and roof 

 of the cave. In all the examples procured there was no sign of 

 any accumvilation of fat on the tail and thighs. Thinking that 

 the scarcity of these bats was due to hibernation, I again visited 

 the cave about a month later on the 3rd of April, and then only 

 saw three individuals, but possibly I was still too early. 



Nyctinomus TiENiOTis (Rafinesque). 



Cephalotes tceniotis Rafinesque, Precis decouv. somiol. p. 12 

 (1814) = xV. cestonii (Savi). 

 One example from Aburoash. 



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