i66 Geo. E. Mason : Fruit-eating Bats. [VOL. II, 1908.] 



Pteropus faunulus. 



1902. Pteropus faunulus, Miller, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mtis., xxiv, p. 

 785. 



I can add little to Dr. Miller's excellent description of this in- 

 teresting form. The only specimen I have examined belongs to the 

 same sex (male) as the type specimen, with which it closely agrees 

 in all essential details. The forearm, however, measures 121 mm. 



Of the habits of this bat I could gain little information ; it 

 feeds principally upon plantains, shaddock, and papaya, and only 

 occurs in small parties of twos and threes. When disturbed it 

 clings immovably to the under sides of the leaf or bough upon which 

 it may be resting, showing no sign of life when its means of support 

 is violently disturbed, or the animal itself actually touched. 



In conclusion I beg to acknowledge the most kind assistance 

 rendered me by Major W. Browning and Mr. B. B. Osmaston, and 

 also by Dr. L^orenz, of the Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum, Vienna, 

 who forwarded the type specimen of Pteropus nicoharicus to lyondon 

 for my inspection. 



