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Show 348 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Apr. 3, Peninsula. Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M . p. 381) records specimens from Penang and Pulo Tikus (Dr. Cantor). Habits. In Bangkok I found these bats very numerous at all times of the year, spending the daytime in the roofs of buddings ; a score or more were generally to be seen in the kitchen of the somewhat ruinous house I lived in. In the evenings they used to hunt regularly for insects in the house, flying from room to room in turn, with occasional pauses for rest on the walls ; the great pace at which they flew, their graceful circling swoops, and the unerring accuracy with which they passed at full speed through i , - sLiiji Head of '1aphozous melanopogon, d- Three-quarter and profile views. (Slightly larger than life.) the holes in the wooden partitions between the rooms, were a constant pleasure to watch on many a damp, stifling-hot night. Their voice is very shrill and ear-piercing. They are very active iu climbing about, and it is very curious seeing a party of them (disturbed during the day) retreating backwards up a wall. They |
