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MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE 



[Apr. 3, 



Peninsula. Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 381) records specimens 

 from Penang and Pulo Tikus (Dr. Cantor). 



Habits. In Bangkok I found these bats very numerous at all 

 times of the year, spending the daytime in the roofs of buildings ; 

 a .-core or more were generally to be seen in the kitchen of the 

 somewhat ruinous house I lived in. In the evenings they used to 

 hunt regularly for insects in the bouse, flying from room to room 

 in turn, with occasional pauses for rest on the walls ; the great 

 pace at which they flew, their graceful circling swoops, and the 

 unerring accuracy with which they passed at full speed through 





Head of Taphozous melanopogon, J. 



Three-quarter and profile views. (Slightly larger than life.) 



the holes in the wooden partitions between the rooms, were a 

 constant pleasure to watch on many a damp, stifling-hot night. 

 Their voice is very shrill and ear-piercing. They are very active 

 in climbing about, and it is very curious seeing a party of them 

 (disturbed during the day) retreating backward* up a wall. They 



