1887.] J. Scully --On the Chiroptera of Nejjal. 245 



any notes about its habits. Captain Hutton records it from Masuri, but 

 the measurements he gives of his specimens are not reconcilable with 

 the known dimensions of Bh. minor. He gives the length of head and 

 body as from 3 inches to 3*25, &c. I think the specimens whose dimen- 

 sions he records could not have been Uli. minor. 



8. Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum. 



Vespertilio ferrum-equinum, Schreb,, Saugeth. i, p. 174 (1775). 

 Rhinolophus tragatus, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. iv, p. 699, (1835). 

 Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum, Dobson, Mon. As. Chir. p. 53 (1876) ; Cat. Chir. 

 Brit. Mus. p. 119 (1878). 



This species is fairly common in Nepal. The following particulars 

 are extracted from Mr. Hodgson's original description of his Uli. traga- 

 tuSf obtained in the Nepal Valley : — Length of head and body 2*62 inches, 

 tail 1*87, expanse 15-5, weight 2 ounces. The pubic false teats are 

 strikingly developed, and have the same shape as the true pectoral teats, 

 bnt even exceed them in size. The ears are " tremblingly alive all over " 

 and capable of considerable movement and compression. " So soon as it 

 is dark, they come forth from the cavities of rocks, in groups, to skim 

 the surface of standing crops, or to glide around and between um- 

 brageous trees, in search of nocturnal insects, which constitute their 

 sole food. They make their exit rather sooner than the true bats 

 IVespertilionidai'], and always in considerable numbers. They are not 

 migratory, nor subject to hibernation. They breed once a year, towards 

 the close of summer, and produce two young, differing from the parents 

 chiefly in the very restricted development of the nasal appendages." 



These remarks on habits must of course be understood as applying 

 only to Nepal and regions having a similar climate. In Gilgit, for in- 

 stance, where the winter is much colder than in the Nepal Valley, Bh. 

 ferrum-equinwn certainly hibernates [see my paper on the Mammals of 

 ailgit,P. Z. S. 1881, p. 199]. 



9. Phtllorhina armigera. 



Rhinolophus armiger, Hodgson, Jonrn. Asiat. Soc. Beng. vol. iv, p. 699 (1835). 

 Phyllorhina armiger, Dobson, Monogr. Asiat. Chir. p. 64 (1876) ; Cat. Chir. Brit. 

 Mas. p. 135 (1878). 



Mr. Hodgson was the first to name and describe this bat, from spe- 

 cimens obtained by him in Nepal, of which he presented three to the 

 British Museum. This fine species is very common in the Nepal Valley 

 at all seasons. Owing to its large size and peculiar method of hunting 

 for its prey, its habits can be readily observed. In the following table 



