PTEROPUS LEACHII.— Smith. 
Mammalia. — Plate XLVIII. 
P. capite superne, dorso, bracliio, antibrachioque plene pilis brunneis sordidis vestitis ; alarum mem- 
prana pone brachium lanosa ; gutture, abdonrine, extremitatibusque inferne brunneis, viridi-griseo- 
tinctis ; caudce dimidio posteriori libro ; oculi cantlio anteriori oris anguloque in linea eadem 
verticali. 
Pteropus Leachii, Smith. Zoolog. Journal, vol. iv. page 433, 1829. 
Temminck, Monog. de Mammalogie, onzieme, page 88, 1835. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head and neck, the back and the 
extremities superiorly dull umber-brown ; the sides of the head and neck, the 
throat, breast, belly, and under surface of extremities a colour intermediate 
between hair-brown and clove-brown (a sort of dirty greenish-brown); nostrils 
and point of lower jaw liver-brown. Toes of the hinder extremities brownish 
red ; claws sienna-yellow. Wing and interfemoral membranes between 
brownish red and chocolate-red ; the phalanges of the anterior extremities 
yellowish brown. In some specimens, the fur of the upper parts is tinted 
in places with yellowish brown, and below, especially on the breast and belly, 
it is occasionally observed of a slight rusty yellow tinge. 
Form, &c. — Figure rather robust ; head large ; forehead prominent ; face 
rather flattened ; nostrils tubular, and opening laterally ; eyes moderately 
large, situated nearly midway between the nostrils and the ears, the anterior 
canthus of eye directly over the angle of the mouth. Ears moderately long, 
rather narrow, and slightly rounded at the point, externally and internally 
without covering, a few hairs only on inner surface towards meatus. Incisor 
teeth small, in pairs ; molars, six in the upper jaw and seven in the lower. 
Vide plate — a, teeth of upper jaw, b, teeth of lower — both as seen from 
above. Fur generally very short, soft, and silky, that of the sides of the 
neck, throat, and anterior edge of the breast much the longest, that on the 
alar membrane, adjoining the flanks and anterior extremities, the shortest, 
and very thinly set : on other parts where it occurs, it is dense and thickly 
set The two first joints of the anterior extremities thickly covered below 
and above with fur, the portion of hinder extremities near to body covered 
but not so thickly, the more distal portion with only a sprinkling of coarse 
