. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 80 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME Not SO that of Pizonyx. Its habitat is possibly the most anomalous known for any bat. All specimens that have ever been collected (save the mummy) were found under loose stones on the islands named and in association with a species of petrel. Indeed the first collector (Diguet in 1900) thought that the bats fed on the excreta of this bird. Miller and Allen (to whom we owe the brilliant conjecture as to its
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 80 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME Not SO that of Pizonyx. Its habitat is possibly the most anomalous known for any bat. All specimens that have ever been collected (save the mummy) were found under loose stones on the islands named and in association with a species of petrel. Indeed the first collector (Diguet in 1900) thought that the bats fed on the excreta of this bird. Miller and Allen (to whom we owe the brilliant conjecture as to its habits), like most other students of this bat, had only eviscerated and dried museum specimens, and hence were unable to make any deter- mination of their food. Others with fresher material had found the stomachs empty or containing only a few mites, feathers and some bat- hairs. So there was nothing to go on. But our authors state that its physical peculiarities (especially those to be noted presently) make Pizonyx of all North American bats the one most easily recognized. These things led them to say: These peculiarities and more particularly the seemingly anom- alous habitat and geographical range make it appear to be pos- sible that this bat has some unusual mode of life. * * * While we are left in complete ignorance as to the animal's food habits, it seems not improbable that the enlarged foot and claws, the relative freedom of the leg from the wing membrane, and the elongation of the cusps of the teeth may all be associated with a diet consisting at least partlj^ of fish. Miller and Allen refer to the size and length of the feet and claws and to the sharp-cusped teeth of Pizonyx, but give no figure of either. From an alcoholic specimen in the American Museum I have had drawn a figure of the foot (Fig. 27). This shows how well justified is our authors' description—" the enlarged foot and ; Note the long bones of the foot and the long slender hooked claws
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