I. $ imm., al. 

 m. (S ad., al. 

 n. 2 imm., al. 

 0. 5 imm., al. 

 p. S ad., al, 



q. ad. sk. 

 r. imm. sk. 

 s. im. sk. 

 i. skuU of e. 

 u. skull of r. 

 V. skull. 



2. PTEROPUS. 



Samoa, Navigators' Is. 

 Samoa, Navigators' Is. 

 Samoa, Navigators' Is. 

 Savage Island. 

 Aneiteum, N. Hebrides. 

 (Type of Pteropus geddiei, 



Fiji Islands. 



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Eev. S. J. Whitmee [P.]. 



Eev. S. J. Whitmee [P.]. 



Pm'chased. 



Dr. A. Giinther [P.]. 



M'Gillivray [C.]. 



M'G.) 



Oapt. Sir E. Belcher [C.]. 



Capt. Denham. 



Voy. of the < Herald.' 



Var. a. 



Pteropus insularis, Hombron et Jacquinot, Voy. au Pok Slid, pi. v. j 

 Peters, MB. Akad. Serl. 1869, p. 391. 



Quite similar to Pt. keraudremi in the form of the ears, in the 

 quality and distribution of the fur, in the form of the skull, and in 

 dentition, but much smaller and slightly different in colour. 



In a male and female from the Pelew Islands the fur of the neck 

 in the male is bright yellow above, pale yeUow on the sides, and 

 divided in front by a baud of dark hairs passing backwards from the 

 throat to the breast ; in the female the upper surface of the neck is 

 pale buff, and the inferior surface black, the pale-coloured fur not 

 extending beyond the sides of the neck. 



Length (of an adult male), ear 0"-9, forearm 5"-2 thumb 2"'l, 

 third finger 10", fifth finger 6"-9, tibia 2"-3, foot l"-7. 



Ilab. Caroline Islands. 



a. c? ad. sk. 



b. 2 ad., al. 



c. cj ad., al. 



d. e. c? ad. & 5 im. 

 f. 5 imm. sk. 



sks. 



Yap, Pelew Islands. 

 Pelew Islands. 

 Pelew Islands. 

 Pelew Islands. 

 Mackenzie Island. 



Godeffroy Museum. 

 Godeffi'oy Museum. 

 Godeffroy Museum. 

 Godeffroy Museimi. 

 Godeffroy Museum. 



Var. /3. 



Pteropus loochooensis, Gray, Catal. Monkeys and Fruit-eating Bats, 

 p. 106 (1870). 



Ears shorter than in Pt. Iceraudrenii, but in shape similar to those 

 in that species ; tbe tibiae are also comparatively much shorter, and 

 the measurements of the skull different. Externally this Tariety 

 resembles Pt. heraudrenii closely. 



An old female has the fur of the face pale greyish yellow inter- 

 mixed with some brown hairs, especially on the sides in front of 

 the ears ; neck and anterior part of the breast pale yellow ; the re- 

 mainder of the breast and abdomen brown, with many intermixed 

 greyisli-yellow hairs. Toung males have fur like specimens of Pt. 

 keraudrenii from Fiji and other islands. 



When skulls of Pt. heraudrenii and of this variety of the same 



