252 J. Scully — On the Chiroptera of Nepal. [No. 3, 



on the 2nd of September. It was found dead in my room, early 

 in tlie morning, and had probably killed itself by dashing against a 

 wall. 



Length, head and body 1'85 inch, tail 1.4, head 0*7, ear 06, tragus 

 0-3, forearm 1-25, thumb 0*4, third finger 2-4, fifth finger 1-85, tibia 0*65, 

 foot aud claws 0*33 ; expanse 9*3. 



Ears oval, broadly rounded above ; the inner margin convex, with a 

 distinct spur-shaped process near its base, which projects forwards 

 towards the posterior angle of the eye ; outer margin convex. 



Wing-membrane to base of distal phalanx of outer toe. Inter- 

 femoral membrane angularly emarginate at termination of calcaneum ; 

 extreme tip of tail projecting. 



Fur golden-orange on head, the base of the hairs greyish ; on the 

 back pale rufous brown, grey at the base. Fur on membranes bright 

 ferruginous, the upper surface of the interfemoral membrane and toes 

 being well covered. Beneath, the fur is white throughout on the chin 

 and throat, the rest of the lower parts having bicoloured fur — grey at 

 the base with white tips. 



Upper inner incisor longer than outer incisor and not touching the 

 canine at the base ; from the outer side of its base a cusp projects in- 

 wards. First upper premolar in the same plane as the canine and se- 

 cond premolar, about equal to the latter in vertical height and about 

 three-fourths of its size in cross section. 



Nose, lower lip, and sides of head to ears, nude and dark fleshy ; 

 membranes brownish black, but orange-coloured along forearm. Com- 

 pared with a specimen of H. leucogaster in the British Museum, from 

 Tibet, the ears, teeth, and thumb and claw are of the same size and 

 shape. The only difference observable is in the colour of the fur 

 which is very ferruginous above in the Nepal specimen and brown in 

 the animal from Tibet. As the two specimens must certainly be re- 

 ferred to the same species, it would seem that the colour of the fur is no 

 more a reliable character in this species of Harpy iocephahis than in 

 other Chiroptera (cf. Dobson, Cat. Chir. Brit. Mus. p. 284). 



Mr. Hodgson did not obtain this species in Nepal. Of its habits 

 in the north-west Himalayas, Captain Hutton says that it occurs at an 

 elevation of about 5,500 feet, but does not appear to be common in the 

 hills, the Dehra Doon being probably its true locality there. An 

 example which flew into a room at Jeripani (below Masuri), at night, 

 kept low down in its flight, instead of soaring towards the ceiling, 

 passing under the tables and chairs, as if afraid to emerge into the 

 broad glare of the lamps. " This likewise is the mode of flight when 

 searching for insects in the open fields, where it skims closely and 



