62 PTEROPODIDJ!. 



males with unctuous collar ; largest adults 18J inches long, forearm 

 7 inches." 



Mr. MacgilUvray, who first discovered this species, gives the fol- 

 lowing notes on its habits in his Journal :— " On the wooded slope 

 of a hUl on Fitzroy Island I one day fell in with this Bat in prodi- 

 gious numbers, looking while flying in the bright sunshine (so un- 

 usual'for a nocturnal animal) like a large flock of rooks. On close 

 approach a strong musky odour became apparent, and a loud inces- 

 sant chattering was heard. Many of the branches were bending 

 under their load of Bats, some in a state of inactivity, suspended by 

 their hind claws, others scrambling along among the boughs, and 

 taking to wing when disturbed." 



a. J ad. sk. Fitzroy Island, east coast Voy. of ' Eattlesnake.' 



of Australia. 

 6. c? ad. sk. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



(Figured and described by Gould.) 

 c. skull of a. 



37. Pteropus ocularis. 

 Pteropus ocularis, Peters, MB. Akad. Berl. 1867, p. 326. 



Ears shorter than the muzzle, like those of Ft. griseus ; wings about 

 three quarters of an inch apart at their origin from the sides of the 

 back ; interfemoral membrane very narrow in the centre. 



Muzzle light reddish brown; eyes surrounded by broad light 

 reddish-brown rings, separated in the middle between the eyes by a 

 narrow dark brown stripe ; crown of the head, chin, throat, and 

 abdomen dark brown, with some light yellowish hairs ; nape and 

 sides of the neck reddish yellow, paler yellow at the shoulder-level, 

 separated by a well-defined line from the dark brown fur of the 

 back. 



Fur short and appressed upon the forearm, extending more densely 

 upon the interfemoral membrane along the proximal half of the 

 tibiae ; beneath, the wing-membrane between the humerus and the 

 femur is covered with woolly fur, but both the anterior and posterior 

 limbs are naked. 



The teeth in the single specimen known are so much changed 

 by age or disease that their original form cannot be described. 



Length (of an old c? ), head and body about 10", head about 2"-65, 

 ear 0"-87 X 0"-5, eye from the extremity of the muzzle I", forearm 

 5"-35, thumb 2"-4 ; third finger— metacarp. 3"-6, 1st ph. 2"-7, 2nd 

 ph. 4"; fourth finger — metacarp. 3"-6, 1st ph. 2"*2, 2nd ph. 2"-l ; 

 fifth finger— metacarp. 3"'75, 1st ph. l"-6, 2nd ph. l"-4; tibia 2"-3, 

 calcaneum 0""55, foot 2""2. 



Ilab. Ceram. 



This species is known only from a single specimen of an old male 

 in the collection of the Berlin Museum. In the colour of the fur, 

 and in the light-coloured rings around the eyes, it resembles Ft. 

 eonspicillatus from Australia ; but it is very much smaller than that 

 species, and the ears are conspicuously shorter. 



