the fur of tlie species mw uoder ^consiileratvon 

 consists chiif fly of brown, interspenned with soft 

 and hoary, or greyit^h colored, hairs, which are 

 also sprinkled oa the upper surface of the mem- 

 bratte. The inside of the latter is fibrous aod near- 

 ly naked. The tail long, slender, and hairy. Toes 

 five on each foot, annevJ with acute, crooked, and 

 sltnder claws. Head lon^, fox shaped— Mouth 

 and teeth ftmall— ear$ rounded, small, aod mem- 

 branaceous-— Mam ma& two, pectoral. 



!Noetumal in its habits, it is seldom seen be- 

 fore sunset, whfn it springs from tree to tree, in 

 search of its tbod which coD.sists of insects and 

 small bird$. When the animal makes these leaps, 

 it expands the membrane in order to support the 

 body by the resistance of the air: it always 

 alights, however, loner than the place it started 

 from, owing to the insufficiency of tliis resistance 

 to thoroughly buoy up the wefght of its bodj% 

 and it would, at the terminatioii of a few sacces- 

 sive leaps, feud itself on the ground, were it not 

 every now and then to run up tlie trunk on 

 which it alights. The one which fell into my 

 posses^iion in IS32, had a young one chnjjing to 

 the breast, and, owing to this incunibrance, and 

 the clo^fteness of the pursuit which deprived her 

 of the opportuaity of cliuibiug, was speedily a 

 prisoner. Botbi^he and her young one, however, 

 made a vigorous resist aiiee, emitting sharp and 

 unpleasant cries at the same time, and were not 

 easily secured even with the a^isislance of two or 



three Europeans* 



PieropusJai}mtkm,t>esta. Leschenauli. (Syno- 

 nime, Vcspcrtiilo vampyrus, Var. 3 Liu). The Java, 

 ncse bat, A'^M/owfi??^^ in Malay ese. This is the lai- 



