22 MAMMALS. 



3. CERVUS, Linnasus. DEER. 



1. C. canadensis, Erxleben. "AMERICAN ELK." 

 WAPITI. Chestnut red, grayish in winter; size nearly 

 equal to that of the Moose. Alleghany region of Penn. 

 and Va., Wis. (near Green Bay, Van Vleckj) Yellow- 

 stone region and W. 



4. CARIACUS, Gray. RED DEER. 



1. C. virginianus, (Bodd.) Gray. VIRGINIA DEER. RED 

 DEER. General color chestnut red, grayish in winter. 

 Maine to Rocky Mountains and S., abundant in many re- 

 gions. 



ORDER C.-CHIROPTERA. 



(The Bats.) 



FAMILY VII. VESPERTILIONID^E. 



(Tlie Ordinary Bats.) 



Insectivorous Bats with the snout not appendaged, or 

 merely with two lateral excrescences. Wing membranes 

 ample. Tail completely enclosed in the interfemoral 

 membrane or only the last joint exserted. 



* Cheeks without excrescences ; ears moderate. 



t Incisors f :f. VESPERTILIO, 1. 



ff Incisors \~.%- ATALAPHA, 2. 



** Cheeks with two large excrescences ; ears excessively large, 

 an inch high ; teeth 36 ; i. f if . . . CORYNORHIXUS, 3. 



/. VESPERTILIO, Linnreus. TYPICAL BATS. 

 > Scotophilus, Leach. 



* Teeth 38 ; molars -$.|- ; species with thin wings and ears. ( Ves- 



pertilio.) 

 1. /. subulatus, Say. LITTLE BROWN BAT. Face 



