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J. Scully — On the Chiroptera of Nepal. 



[No. 3, 



detailed measurements of eleven examples wbicli I preserved are set 

 forth. It is somewhat remarkable that more than four-fifths of the 

 total number secured should have been females. 



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$ 



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$ 



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4-0 



41 



3-8 



4-1 



3-65 



3-63 3-7 



3-9 



3-6 



4-0 



4-0 



— 



2-25 



2-35 



21 



2-2 



2-4 



2-4 



2-3 



2-4 



2-4 



1*9 



1-27 



1-34 



1-34 



1-3 



1-34 



1-3 



1-3 



1-3 



1-3 



1-28 



1-4 



1-17 



1-15 



1-17 



1-2 



1-2 



11 



11 



115 



116 



1-25 



1-23 



0-94 



0-9 



0-95 



I-l 



0-95 



0-94 



0-93 



1-0 



0.96 



10 



10 



3-45 



3-45 



3-5 



3-4 



3-5 



3-43 



3-56 



3-6 3-45 



3-4 



3-6 



0-47 



0-54 



0-55 



0-55 



0-54 



0-55 



0-53 



0-55 



0-53 



0-55 10-55 



4-53 



4-7 



4-7 



5-3 



4-65 



4-67 



5-2 



4-9 



4-75 



4-65 |4-95 



3-68 3-7 



365 



3-75 



3-8 



3-73 



3-8 



3-85 



3-7 



3-65 |3'85 



15 1-5 



1-4 



1-45 



1-4 



1-4 



1-53 



1-42 



1-44 



1-43 



1-56 



— 0-87 



0-93 



0-82 



0-85 



0-83 



0-8 



0-87 



08 



0-82 



0-97 



0-65 



0-7 



0-7 



0-72 



0-65 



0-73 



0-74 



0-73 



0-67 



0-65 



0-7 



21-4 





23-3 



21-5 



21-0 



21-3 



220 



22-3 21-5 



210 



2-02 



Length, head and body 



,, tail 



„ head 



,, ear (anteriorly) . . . . 

 Breadth of ear (anteriorly) . . 

 Length, forearm 



,, thumb and claw. . . . 



,, third finger 



,, fifth finger 



,, tibia 



„ calcanenm 



,, foot and claws .... 

 Expanse 



In all the specimens the glandular frontal sac is distinct, but is 

 smaller in the females than in the males. The wing-membrane is at- 

 tached to the tibia above the ankle-joint, and the distal end of the cal- 

 caneum is distinctly marked in all. Pubic warts are present in six of 

 the females, but are absent in the three remaining examples of this sex ; 

 in one case a pubic wart measures 0'28 inch in length. Hodgson found 

 the weight of his type specimen (a male) to be 3 ounces ; in the only 

 specimen I weighed, an adult female, I found the weight 1*5 oz. or just 

 half the figure Mr. Hodgson gives. 



This bat usually harbours during the day in caves, or commonly in 

 lofts, out- houses, and sheds that are little used ; in the latter localities 

 it suspends itself, by the claws of the feet, from the rafters. When at- 

 taching itself in this way to the edge of a beam or rafter, the animal 

 sways, pendulum-like, a few times until the impetus given during flight 

 is exhausted ; and it then hangs motionless with its wings folded close 

 to the body. If slightly alarmed by the opening of a door, or any un- 

 usual noise in the room it occupies, the head is thrust out and turned 

 carefully in various directions, as if for the purpose of finding out the 

 cause of disturbance. On such occasions I have purposely dropped a 

 heavy book on the floor so as to alarm the bat thoroughly. The animal 

 would at once fly off and either take several turns round the room, or 

 else leave it ; but it invariably returned quickly and attached itself to 

 the spot it had previously occupied. 



It comes out for the capture of its prey about sunset, and its hunt- 

 ing grounds are gardens, orchards, cleared spaces in woods, or avenues 



