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Records of the Indian Museian. 



165 



Table of measurements of Pteropus tytleri. 











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Mm. 



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Mm. 



Mm. 



Mm. 



Mm. 



Mm. 



Mm. 



Male (type) Rut- 



275 



68 



46 



15 



ISO 



70 



113 



300 



237 



217 



34 



29 



19. 



land Island. 





























Female, Rutland 



277 



74 



48 



14 



148 



85 



113 



299 



232 



209 



34 



28 



19 



Island. 





























No. 92 f. Indian 



261 



71 



36 



12 



125 



55 



no 



300 



225 





32 



23 



16 



Museum (Ty tier, 





























1864). 





























Male, Barren Is- 



250 



66 



40 



13 



165 



66 



no 



283 



221 



" 197 



25 



20 



■'17 



land. 





























Female, Barren 



257 



63 



36 



12 



160 



55 



IDS 



254 



205 



190 



■22 



17 



17 



Island. 





















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Pteropus celceno. 



1758. Vespertio vampyrus, Ivinn., Sys^. Nat., Ed. x, i^ p. 31 (par 



tim). 

 1804. Vespertio celceno, Hermann, Observ. ZooL, i, p. 13. 

 1810. Pteropus edulis, Geoffroy, Ann. Mus., xv, p. 90. 



This species ranges throughout the Nicobar Island as a migrant, 

 but has a very local distribution, arriving generally during April at 

 the commencement of the south-west monsoon and leaving again 

 about September. The naturalists attached to the ''No vara" 

 expedition, however, met with it on Car-Nicobar during their stay 

 in February and March, which shows a general exodus of the species 

 does not take place. I have no record of this form extending its 

 range into the Andamans, although I have made special enquiries 

 for it. 



I examined a skull from the Mergui Archipelago which has been 

 attributed to Pteropus nicoharicus ; it proved, however, to be a 

 characteristic specimen of the species now under review. 



Pteropus medius. 

 1827. Pteropus medius, Temm., Monog. Mammal., i, p. 176. 



The Indian Flying Fox occurs in the Andamans as an occa- 

 sional and rare straggler, and has only been met with at two points 

 on North Andaman Island— Reef Inlet, and in the neighbourhood 

 of Cape Price. 



It is, I believe, unknown in the Nicobar Archipelago. 



