220 F. Stoliczka — Mammals and Birds inhabiting Kachh. [No. 3, 
MAMMALIA .* 
Primates. 
I have only on a single occasion seen a Presbytes which appeared to he 
in a wild state. It came towards the evening to drink at a tank some dis- 
tance from the fort Kanmir (in the south-eastern part of the Wagur district), 
and as its entire face was jet black, I presume, it was more likely P. pria- 
nius than the Bengal P. entellus, but I could not approach sufficiently near 
to ensure the identification. 
Besides that, I saw both Inuus rhesus and Macacus radiatus in capti- 
vity, but they appear to have been imported. 
Chiroptera. 
The notes on this order have been kindly communicated to me 
by G. E. Dobson, Esq., B. A., M. B. 
Pam. Ehinolophidje, 
Pui'LLOiiiriNA fui.ta, Gray. 
Of the specimens of this species obtained, two, a male and female, were 
taken at the same time and place. The fur of the female specimen is bright 
golden yellow, that of the male white at the base of the hairs for more than 
three-fourths their length, the remaining portion to the tip dark purplish 
brown. The male is larger than the female which is apparently not quite 
adult. 
This proves the identity of Ph:. fulva with Ph. murina and Ph. cinera- 
ccns, and leads to the belief that Ph. ater and atratus are also synonyms of 
the same species. This remarkable variableness of the colour of the fur is 
not, however, confined to this species, it is met with also in other Rhinolo- 
phine bats ; in Ph. larvata, Horsfd., for example, where the colour of the fur 
varies from bright orange fulvous, with brownish or ferruginous tips, to 
bluish black with black tips, a circumstance which has given rise also to 
much confusion, as the species has received as many names as the different 
colours of its fur. The same remarks apply to the species of other families 
of Chiroptera, notably to the Pteropiiue, 
Other male and female specimens of this species were also obtained about 
the same time, the fur of all presents the same colour : — white with dusky 
tips to the hairs. This shows that the colour of the fur in Ph. fulva 
does not depend on locality, or season. The smaller size of the fulvous 
female specimen referred to above, taken with its less perfectly developed 
* The systematic names and further observations on the species recorded will be 
found in Jordon’s ‘ Mammals of India,’ except in a few cases where a special reference, 
or a description, is added. 
