104 PTEROPIDE. 
Hab. India: Assam, Minhot; Nepal, Hodgson; Madras, W. 
Elliot. ig 
Varies greatly in the intensity of the colouring. Skull 2 inches 
1# lines long, 1 inch 7 lines wide. The teeth as in P. Kelaartit, 
but the group of cutting-teeth is much narrower, and the space oc- 
cupied by the grinders is rather shorter. 
4, Pteropus Kelaartii. The Ceylon Kalong. B.M. 
Brown ; nape and back of neck yellow; the upper cutting-teeth 
large, broad. 
Hab. Ceylon (in the plains), Capt. J. Stevens. 
The space occupied by the cutting-teeth is considerably (that is to 
say, about one-fourth) wider than in the skull of Bats from conti- 
nental India. Externally the two Bats are much alike. Skull 3 
inches 2 lines long, and 2 inches 8 lines wide. Grinders large ; false 
grinders of lower jaw large, of upper rudimentary or wanting ; upper 
hinder grinder circular, lower oblong, larger. 
See also 
a. Pteropus Dussumieri, Is. Geoff. Voy. Bélanger, p. 98; Temm. 
Monog. ii. p. 76. Brown mixed with white; face, throat, 
neck, and beneath brown; nape and sides of neck fulvous. 
Hab. India. Mus. Paris. 
b. Pteropus edulis, Péron and Lesueur; Geoff. Ann. du Mus. xv. 
‘p. 92; Temm. Mon. i, p. 172, t. 15. f. 1-6, ii. t. 85. f. 1. ; 
Vespertilio vampyrus, Linn.; V. caleno, Herm. Obs.; Ptero- 
pus javanicus, Horsf. Java,t. Black; crown, occiput, and 
nape fulvous-brown. Hab. Java; Sumatra; Banda. 
5. Pteropus funereus. The Red-naped Kalong. B.M. 
Dull black ; nape and the front of the shoulders dull red brown ; 
belly with interspersed white hairs; arm- and leg-bones nearly 
naked; ears acute. 
Pteropus funereus, Temm. Monog. ii. p. 63, t. 85. £4; Gould, Mamm. 
Aust. iii. t. 80. P. edulis junior, Tomes, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 337. 
Hab. Australia: Port Essington, Gilbert; N. E. Australia, Hlsey. 
Celebes, from the Leyden Musewm; Goda Island, Hewitt’s group, 
Rayner. 
Skull very like that of P. medius, but narrower ; the upper cutting- 
teeth moderate; length 2” 5'’, breadth 1” 2’”, 
6. Pteropus poliocephalus. The Grey-headed Kalong. B,M. 
Fur of back close-pressed, greyish black ; nape, neck, and sides of 
the body reddish yellow; head, chest, and middle of the belly 
greyish-brown-grizzled ; wings from sides of back, far apart ; lower 
part of forearms slightly hairy. 
