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Order CHIKOPTEKA. 



Family Ptebopodidj. 



Pteropus edulis, Geoffroy. 

 1 adult 3 , Taing, King Island. 



Every evening at sunset numerous large bats, sometimes in 

 great flocks, appeared over the mangosteeu, dorian, and areca- 

 palm orchards of the village o£ Taing, on King Island. The 

 natives asserted that they came from a low- lying densely wooded 

 islet between King Island and Mergui, on the trees of which they 

 hung during the daytime in an immense multitude. The expanded 

 wings of the male measured 5 feet across within a few tenths of 

 an inch. A large Pteropus observed by me at Sullivan Island is 

 also probably this species. 



It lias been found on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ; but 

 this is seemingly the first time that it has been recorded from the 

 province of Tenasserim ; it has, however, been found at Klang in 

 the Straits of Malacca*. 



Family Vespe rt ilionid ji. 

 Vesperugo pachypfs, Temm. 



3 <S and 3 $ , found in the hollow of an old tree, Taing, King- 

 Island. 



Vespertilio mtjricola, Hodgson. 



7 6 and 11 $ , Yimiki, King Island, and 4 S and 7 $ , Taing, 

 King Island. 



The specimens from Taing were found between the leaves of 

 plantain trees. 



Family Emballonuridje. 

 Emballonura semicaudata, Peale. 



8 S and 6 $ , Sullivan Island ; from a small cave iu a cliff on 

 the shore, where it occurred in great numbers. 



Until quite recently this species was known only from the 

 Polynesian subregion and Sarawak f; but its presence at Pulo 



* Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1886, p. 73. 

 t Dobson, Brit. Assoc. Rep. 1880, p. 193. 



