1896.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 203 



Mountain this tiny shrew was numerous. Its burrows were found 

 under decaying logs and large stones in moist places along the 

 bridle path leading directly from Cloudland to the Doe River 

 valley. 



Specimens — Roan Mt., Carter Co., 4. 



48. Sorex fumeus Miller. Smoky Shrew. 



Two specimens of this large Sorex were taken on Roan Mountain 

 in similar situations to those frequented by the Masked Shrew, A 

 large number of specimens of both species were taken by Dr. 

 Merriam and his assistants on the North Carolina side of the mount- 

 ain. 



To the painstaking and intelligent studies of my friend Gerrit S. 

 Miller, Jr.'® we are indebted for the identification and naming of the 

 Smoky Shrew, as well as the simplification of a group of mammals 

 whose identity and nomenclature had become so confused as to be a 

 byword and reproach to American mammalogy. 



Specimens — Roan Mt., Carter Co., 2. 



Order CHIROPTERA. 

 Family VESPERTILIONID^. 



Genus ATALAPHA Rafinesque. 



49. Atalapha borealis (Mull.). Red Bat. 



A few of these bats were noted in the mountains of East Tennessee. 

 None were found in the caves nor in Mammoth Cave. Specimens 

 from Tyree Springs and Kuoxville are recorded in the catalogue of 

 the National Museum. 



Not having any records of the presence of the Hoary Bat, Atala- 

 pha cinerea, in the State, it may be mentioned that it is likely to 

 occur either as a migrant or resident anywhere east of the Cumber- 

 land plateau. 



Genus VESPERTILIO Linnaeus. 



50. Vespertilio lucifugus (Le C). Little Brown Bat. 



I am informed by Messrs. Brimley of Raleigh, N. C, that they 

 received four specimens of this bat collected by J. T. Park at Warner, 

 Hickman Co., Tennessee. One was taken in April, another in July, 

 the rest in September. 



As Dr. H. Allen has adopted it," this name is subspecifically ap- 



^«N. Amer. Fauna, No. 10, pp. 38 and 50. 

 " Mon. N. Amer. Bats, 1893, p. 78. 



