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Genus LASIONYCTERIS Peters. 



54. ILasionycteris noctivagans (Le C). Silvery Bat. 



On two occasions it was my opinion that I had seen the Silvery 

 Bat in Tennessee, viz. at Sawyer's Springs and on Roan Mountain. 

 The fluttering, moth-like flight of some of these mountain bats was 

 characteristic of the peculiar movements of noctivagans, and on this 

 identification I admit it here with a query. From our knowledge 

 of the wide distribution of this species in North America there is 

 little doubt that it is to be found over the greater part of the State. 



Order PRIMATES. 



Family HOMINIDJE. 



Genus HOMO Linnaeus. 



55. Homo sapiens americanus. North American Indian. 



I shall make no apology for including aboriginal Man in a fauna! 

 list of the native and feral mammalia of Tennessee. The customary 

 omission of the genus Homo from such lists finds no justification in 

 nature or in science. 



For accounts of the history, distribution and habits of the native 

 Indian races of Tennessee, the reader is referred to Haywood's 

 Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee. For the history of 

 their extinction no references are necessary. 



