TAPHOZOUS LONGIMANTTS. 31 



with a rounded eavity. Ears, moderai;e, a^art. Tail, short, emerging by a 

 free tip above the intercrural membrane. 



The face is flat, and the nostrils can be closed at pleasure. There is a 

 large gular sac in the males, which is glandular ; a longitudinal fold on each 

 side leads to this sac. The fur is close, soft, and velvety. The wing is 

 long and narrow, and collapses with a double flexure outwards. From the 

 warmer regions of the old world and Australia. 



31. Taphozous longimanus. 



Hardwicke, Lin. Trans. XIV. pi. 17. — Blyth, Cat. 85. — T. brevima- 

 nus, cantori, anifulvidus, Bltth (olim). '.v^ r--. 



The Lono-aemed Bat. ; ^ ■■'„<./ 



Descr. — Ears oval, with many distinct folds, naked except at the base ; 

 tragus, securiform ; fur, thick, close, fuscous-black or dark fuscous brown 

 above ; beneath paler, except on the throat, the hairs heing conspicuously 

 tipped with gray ; the upper hairs all white at their base ; face nude ; it 

 and the membranes, dark brownish black. 



A fulvescent variety was named T. fulvidus by Blyth, who subsequent- 

 ly stated that young individuals are fulvescent and become gradually 

 blacker with age. 



Length about 5 inches; expanse 15 to 16 inches; tail 1, capable of 

 being protruded for | inch ; forearm 2|^ ; tibia 1 ; ear -j^oths internally. 



The long-armed bat is very common about large towns, as at Madras 

 and Calcutta, and is found generally throughout India. It frequentg dark 

 out-houses, cellars, stabling, old temples, and the like. Blyth noticed that 

 it had the faculty of creeping about on a vertical board (of a cage) in a 

 most surprising manner, hitching its claws into the minute pores of the 

 wood. 



32. Taphozous melanopogon. 



TlSMMINCK. HORSFIELD, Cat. 69. 



The Black-beakded Bat. 

 Descr. — Ears, moderate, oval, with the outer margin extending under 

 the eyes, dilated into a large rounded lobe ; the tragus, leaf-shaped ; the 

 head, muzzle, and chin covered with short hairs. Above brown or reddish- 

 brown ; beneath brownish-white, with a long black collar or beard round 

 the throat of the male, surrounded by a light brown band. Many males, 

 however^ it is stated, want this collar. The females are brownish mouse, 

 gray above, lighter beneath. 



