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Show 1897.] FROM NORTH AUSTRALIA. 319 Dentition normal. Upper m2 is in this specimen considerably larger than r. Hah. Common on the River Daly (Arnhem Land). Several specimens were shot, but only one preserved. 2. PTEROPUS GOULDI, Peters, 1867. Pteropus goulclll, Dobs. Cat. Chir. Brit. Mus. p. 60 (1878) ; Ogilby, Cat. Austral. M a m m . p. 79 (1892). N. Australia: Port Darwin, June 17th, 1894 (two specimens). Daly River, Aug. 17th, 1894 (one specimen). Skin. The specimens belong to the typical form, with the back of the head and neck ferruginous brown. Skull. All the specimens are young, and have no traces of parietal crests; but, in spite of their youth, all the teeth are worn. Length of dental series 29 mm. Hah. Very numerous in Arnhem Land, especially close to the big rivers. At Roebuck Bay (N.W. Australia) Flying-Foxes were rarely seen and none were procured. Fam. VESPERTILIONIDCE. 3. SCOTOPHILIA GREYI, Gray, 1843 (Dobs. 1877). Scotophilia gregii, Dobs. Cat. Chir. Brit. Mus. p. 263 (1878); Ogilby, Cat. Austral. Mamm. p. 92 (1892). W. Australia : Roebuck Bay, Nov. 13th, 1895 (two specimens). Skin. One is a young male, the other a full-grown female (length of forearm 33 mm.), containing an embryo of the size of a large pea. Hab. The commonest species at Roebuck Bay, but no Bat was plentiful there. 4. NYCTOPHILUS TIMORIENSIS (Geoffr.), 1806. Nyctophllus timoriensis, Dobs. Cat. Chir. Brit. Mus. p. 172 (1878); Ogilby, Cat. Austral. Mamm. p. 87 (1892;. N. Australia: Daly River, July 1894 (four specimens). N.W. Australia: Roebuck Bay, Nov. 1895 (one specimen). Skin. Two specimens are males, length of forearm 41-42 mm.; and three females with the forearm 38, 38, and 40 mm. One of the specimens (from Daly River) shows the peculiarity that the ears are not joined, there being no trace of the connecting-membrane on the forehead. Hab. Very numerous on Daly River, rarer at Roebuck Bay. Generally seen shortly before sunset close to the houses. 5. CHALINOLOBUS NIGROGRISEUS (Gould), 1856. Chalinolobus nigrogriseus, Dobs. Cat. Chir. Brit. Mus. p. 251 (1878); Ogilby, Cat. Austral. M a m m . p. 91 (1892). N.W. Australia : Roebuck Bay, Nov. 30th, 1895 (one specimen). |