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18.3.97. At Tahkamen, many Pteropi flying about in the moon- 

 light. 



19.3.97. At Tahkamen, at dusk see scores of Pteropi flying over 

 the village vvat (temple). 



15.4.97. On the side of the Bangpakong River between Pachim 

 and Patriew, see a tree covered with Pteropi, hanging up asleep ; it 

 was black with them, the branches bending under their weight. 



12.8.97. At Bangkok, about 7 p.m., large Fruit-Bats kept flying 

 over the compound, some very high in the air, others just high 

 enough to clear the trees and roofs of the buildings ; they were all 

 going in the same direction, north-west. 



These may have been either of the two following species. 



60. Pteropus medius Teram. The Indian Fruit- Bat or Flying- 

 Fox. 



Pteropus medius, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mainm. p. 257. 



Blanford says this species " is not recorded east or south of 

 Burma," but 1 believe it occurs in Siam, In the Siamese Museum 

 there are two stuffed Fruit-Bats, one labelled " Bangkok," 

 apparently of this species ; and two that I shot on the Bangpakong 

 River in March 1897 I should refer to this species ; they were 

 both males, length of forearm 152 mm. (or 6 inches), and the 

 lower breast and abdomen were very dark brown. Unfortunate]}' 

 I did not keep their skins (owing to their very offensive smell, 

 characteristic of these bats), for Mr. Oldfield Thomas writes tome 

 (15.5.97), " I expect your Pteropus is not P. medius but P. vampyrus 



(P. edulis of Catalogue) I do not think P. medius reaches 



Siam.'' 



Distribution. India, Ceylon, and Burma, as far south as Amherst 

 near Monlmein (O. Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 67) : Siam (?). 



61. Pteropus edulis Geoff. The Malay Flying-Fox. 



Pteropus edulis, Cantor, p. 16 ; Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 25^>. 



Pteropus vampirus, Ridley, Xat. Science, vi. 1895, p. 27. 



Cantor records this species from " Pinang, Singapore, Malayan 

 Peninsula and Islands." Horsfield (Cat. Mamm. Mus. East-India 

 Co. 1851, p. 27) mentions a specimen from Siam obtained by 

 Finlayson. 



Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M.p. 49) records specimens from " Isles 

 of Kallam, Straits of Malacca." O. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 73) 

 records specimens from Klang. 



Lieut. II. J. Kelsall, R A., in a list of Mammals from Johore, 

 (J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 26, 1894, p. 10), says : '■'Pteropus edulis, Gray. 

 I only saw a single specimen of this large fruit-bat, at Kuala 

 Ivabang. It is probably common." Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 25, 

 1894, p. 58) gives this species as common at Pekan, Pahang; and 

 as regards those at Singapore (Nat. Sci. vi. 1895, p. 27) says : " The 

 large fruit-bats are abundant at certain times, appearing in vast 

 numbers and taking up their abode in some chosen spot, remaining 

 there for some two or three months and then scattering again and 



