4940 Quadrupeds. 



tragus nearly straight and tapering, but with the extreme lip rounded. 

 A very small portion of the end of the tail free from the membrane. 

 Wing-membrane springing from the superior articulation of the meta- 

 tarsus, thus leaving the foot wholly free. Fur soft, silky ; all the upper 

 parts and sides of the neck, in the male, of a darkish mouse-gray colour; 

 in the female, a little more tinged with brown : chin, cheeks, throat 

 and all the under parts of the body with the fur nearly black at the 

 base, tipped with grayish white ; abdomen nearly pure white ; a spot 

 of brownish ash-colour marks the insertion of the wings. The whitish 

 tips of the hairs are more or less extended, according to the age of 

 the individual. 



Dimensions. 



Temminck. Buckton. 

 Old. Young of the year. 



Head and body . . 2 in. 8 lines) „. „,. J . . 3 in. 7| lines. 



Tail 1 „ 7 „ J \ . . I „ 5 „ 



Fore arm .... 1 „ 8 „ . . 1 „ 7£ „ 



Expanse . . . . 11 ,. 8 „ 9 „ 7 „ . . 10 „ 3 „ 



Although the discrepancy in the dimensions here given may appear 

 considerable, it must be borne in mind that Mr. Buckton's specimen 

 is not perfectly adult, the finger-joints still exhibiting cartilaginous 

 articulations, and the fingers themselves being obviously shorter than 

 they would be in the adult state : hence would arise the less expanse. 

 The length of the head and body is only of value when unaltered by 

 the stufler, i.e. when the animal is fresh ; but the most valuable and 

 constant measurement in the animals of this order (more particularly 

 the insectivorous section of it), is that of the fore arm, which usually 

 arrives to near its maximum size before the other parts have made 

 more than an approximation to theirs. I may here add that it is rare 

 to meet with any considerable differences in this part in the same 

 species when fully adult, unless, as is sometimes the case, a particular 

 locality influences the size of the species in all its parts; e.g. the bats 

 (as well as the other Mammals) of Ceylon and South India are smaller 

 than the same species in other parts of India, and consequently will 

 have the fore arm shorter, but they are there, as in other places, 

 individually similar in that particular. 



Robert F. Tomes. 



Welford, near Stral ford-on- A von, 

 November 15, 1855. 



