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19.4 (19-19.7); zygomatic breadth, 12.3 (12.2-12.4). Forearm in 8 alco- 

 holic specimens (4 males, 4 females), c? 64.4 (63.6-65), 9 65.2 (65.1-65.3). 



11. Saccolaimus peli (Temminck). 

 Plate XLIX, and Text Fig. 16. 



Taphozous peli Temminck, Esquiss. Zool. sur la Cote de Guine, 1853, p. 82. Gold 

 Coast. 



Seventeen specimens (7 males, 10 females, all adult), collected as follows: 

 Avakubi, 4 (including 1 alcoholic), Nov. 16, Dec. 18, 1909, Jan. 15-17, 1914; 

 Ngayu (near Avakubi), 3, Dec. 18, 1909; Bafwabaka, 1, Dec. 28, 1909; 

 Medje, 4, Jan. 14-19, 1910; Niangara, 4, May 27-31, 1913; Rungu, 1, 

 June 28, 1913. 



Collectors' measurements (6 adult males, 10 adult females) : 



Total length Head and body Tail Foot Ear 



c? 139 (130-149) 109 (103-116) 29.8 (27-33) 25 (23-27) 26.5 (25-29) 

 9 145 (135-157) 115 (104-126) 30.6 (26-39) 24.8 (22-26) 25.3 (22-30) 



Forearm (same specimens), & 88.2 (86.5-94.5), 9 88.1 (83.5-92). 



Skull (4 males, 8 females): Total length, tf 1 30.4 (29.8-31), 9 30.5 (29.8- 

 31); zygomatic breadth, 20.1 (18-21), 9 20.9 (19.3-21.8). 



In external measurements the males average somewhat smaller than the 

 females, particularly in size of body and length of forearm, while the skull 

 measurements are practically the same. The coloration is remarkably 

 constant throughout the series. 



The folding of the tip of the wing is illustrated in Part II, p. 515, Fig. 21. 



12. Coleura gallarum nilosa Thomas. 



Coleura gallarum nilosa Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), XV, p. 577, 

 June, 1915. Near mouth of Bahr-el-Zeraf, White Nile. 



Nine specimens, skins and skulls, Aba, Dec. 16, 1911. 



Collectors' measurements (6 adults): Total length, 76 (71-79); head 

 and body, 60 (55-63); tail, 16 (14-17); foot, 11.5 (10-12); ear, 16 (15-17). 



Forearm (same specimens, from skins), 49.3 (47.3-51). Four skulls 

 (from same), total length, 16.3 (15.8-16.7); condylobasal length, 15.5 

 (15-15.8); breadth of braincase, 7.7 (7.2-8). 



