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Show 340 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Apr. 3, disappearing utterly. One year the [Botanical] Garden jungle was a favoured spot, and it was roughly calculated that seventy thousand roosted there every day. The reason for this flocking of the fruit-bats I cannot guess, as it appears to take place at no particular time of year, nor does it bear any relation to the fruit season." In April 1895 I noticed this bat on Penang Hill, at 2500 feet above the sea. In the Museum at Taiping are specimens from Tapak, Perah ; the Museum at Kuala Lumpor contains a specimen from Klang, and the Eaffles Museum contains Singapore specimens. Distribution. Mergui Archipelago, Tenasserim (?), Andamans (?), Nicobars (?), Siam('?), Malay Peninsula (Penang, Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Johore, Singapore), Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Banda, Ternate, Timor. 62. XANTHARPYIA AMPLEXICAUDATA (Geoffr.). The Fulvous Fruit-Bat. Xantharpyia amplexicaudata, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 261. Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 73) records a specimen collected by M. Mouhot in the Laos Mountains. Distribution. Persian Gulf, India, Ceylon, Burma, Siam, Sumatra, Philippines, Celebes, Amboyna, Timor, Flores, Aru Islands. 63. CYNOPTERUS MARGINATUS (Geoffr.). The Short-nosed Fruit-Bat. Cynopterus marginatus, Cantor, p. 17; Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 263. Cantor records this species from " Singapore, Pinang, Malayan Peninsula and Islands." Horsfield (Cat. Mamm. Mus. East-India Co. 1851, p. 30) mentions specimens from Malacca under the name of Cynopterus titthcecheilus. Dobson (Cat. Chir. B. M. pp. 83, 84) records specimens from Penang and Malacca. Anderson (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. i 1881, p. 106) records specimens from Penang. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 73) records specimens from "Jerome," Selangor, and from Singapore Island. Ridley (Nat. Science, vi. 1895, p. 28) mentions this species as being the bat that most commonly flies into houses in Singapore at night, and says : " The fruit-bats, being clumsy and stupid, have much difficulty in finding their way out again, and are easily caught; but the insectivorous bats are much more clever, and fly in and out with ease." In the Siamese Museum there was a specimen in spirit, labelled " Bangkok." I have met this species in Georgetown, Penang, and at various places in Singapore, where it seems numerous; it may be found by day in trees hanging up asleep. Distribution. India, Ceylon, Burma, Andamans, Siam, Malay Peninsula (Penang, Selangor, Malacca, Singapore), Sumatra, Java, Billiton, Borneo, Philippines, |