The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . Ph. anni^era, api^ears to be the most northerly, rCHIROPTERA. having been taken at Amoy in Chins, and in the Himalaya at anelevation of 5500 feet. Many are provided with anecuhar frontalsac behind the nose-leaf,rudimentary in females(see fig. 67), which th<:animal can evert at plea-sure ; tlie sides of this sacsecret* a waxy substance,and its extremity sup-ports a pencil of
The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literatureWith new maps, and original American articles by eminent writersWith American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date . Ph. anni^era, api^ears to be the most northerly, rCHIROPTERA. having been taken at Amoy in Chins, and in the Himalaya at anelevation of 5500 feet. Many are provided with anecuhar frontalsac behind the nose-leaf,rudimentary in females(see fig. 67), which th<:animal can evert at plea-sure ; tlie sides of this sacsecret* a waxy substance,and its extremity sup-ports a pencil of straighthairs. Pihinonycteris, re-presented by R. aurantiafrom Australia, audTriscnops, by T. pcrsicus,from Persia and cast rnAfrica, are closely alliedgenera ; the latter speciesi^ characterized by th •veiy remarkable form olits nasal appendages an 1ears, and by the presei cof a peculiar osseouprojection from the pioxinial extremity of thesecond phalanx of thfourth finger. Co loj i(C. frithii), from the Ceugal Sunderbunds, Ja^ iand Siani (in the roof clthe great pagoda at Laos^is distinguished, not onljby tlie very pcculiai foi mof its rose-leaf, but alsoby the great length ofthe metacarpal bone of the ..-^. top r 1
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