g«st of the bat genus, the body nieasuring from 9 

 iDches to a foot in length, and the spread of the 

 wings being fully five feet. It is destitute of a 

 tail. The upper part of the neck is of a dus^ky 

 red hue, and the remainder of the fur black> 

 intermingled with a few white hairs. It is grega- 

 rious, and may be seen bantling in clusters from 

 the extremities of the boughs of a tree in most 

 parts of the Peninsula They fly very high 

 and evenly, quitting their retreats about an 

 hour belore sunset, and winging their way in 

 an easterly direction, far above the tops of the 

 loftiest trees. About an hour alter sunrise they 

 relnrn in the same manner to their noctur- 

 nal retreat, and apparently accomplish at least 

 four or five miles each trip without hatting, a 

 flock of them migrating thus regularly every 

 evening from Sebang to Taboo, whence they re- 

 turned the following morning. From the extreme 

 height at which they soar, they are inaccessible 

 by small shot, and the only one that I ever saw 

 killed was shot at Bell s Stockade in December 

 1832 by an officer of the 23d Madras light in- 

 fantry with a single ball. As it was shot through 

 the heart, it fell perpendicularly, but the distance 

 between the sportsman and the spot where it 

 impinged was a hundred measured yards, so that, 

 taking its extreme height into consideration, it 

 could have been little less than double that range 

 from the sportsman. 



P. rostratus, Horsfield, Desm. The Dog*bat 

 of Java. Fur pale brown. Body three inches- 

 spread of ihe wings eleven inches. 



