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NATURAL HISTORY. 
whilst the male has a reddish or chestnut-coloured tippet. The Philippine Islands have a rather 
remarkable species, the Maned Fruit Bat (P. jubatus ), the head of which is shown in one of our 
illustrations on the next page. Japan possesses a smaller form (P. dasyniallua ), about eight inches 
long, and which is characterised by the woolly nature of its fur, as indicated in its specihc name. 
Those islands of the Eastern Archipelago from Celebes to Now Guinea and the Solomon Islands which, 
according to Mr. Wallace, belong to the great Australian region, are abundantly supplied with fruit- 
K ALONG. 
eating Bats, such as the Grey Fruit Bat ( P . griseus, see next page), a small species which inhabits; 
Timor and Amboy na. The small islands scattered over the ocean to the east also possess their 
peculiar species. 
THE GREY-HEADED FRUIT BAT.* 
The northern and eastern parts of Australia are inhabited by a huge species of P ter opus, the 
Grey-headed Fruit Bat (P. polio cephalus). This Bat measures about a foot long, and has an expanse 
of wing of about three feet. The head, cheeks, and throat are ash-grey, with a few scattered black 
hairs ; the nape, part of the front of the neck, and the shoulders are bright reddish-brown, and separated 
by a black band from the grey fur of the body. These Bats, according to Dr. Bennett, are found in. 
Pteropus poliotephalus. 
