38 THE FLYING FOX, OR KOUSSETTE, 
are folded back, and the pointed inner ear, or “tragus,” stands boldly out 
giving the creature a totally different aspect. 
” THE Bats which have heretofore been mentioned feed on animal substances, 
FLYING FOX, OR ROUSSETTE.—(Pteropus rubricollis.) 
insects appearing to afford the principal nutriment, and raw meat or fresh 
blood being their occasional luxuries. But the Bats of which the accompany- 
ing engraving is an example, are chiefly vegetable feeders, and, in their own 
land, are most mischievous among the fruit-trees, 
