General Notes. 155 



Note on the Vespertiiio incautus of J. A. Allen. 



In my revision of the North American Bats of the family Vesper- 

 tilionidas (North American Fauna, No. 13, October 16, 1897), I consider 

 the Texan Vespertiiio incautus of J. A. Allen (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., VIII, p. 239, November 21, 1896), as identical with the Mexican 

 bat previously described by the same author as Vespertiiio velifer. Mr. 

 Vernon Bailey has recently asked me to identify eight bats of this group 

 which he collected in the summer of 1901, at Carlsbad, New Mexico. 

 They prove to be the same as incautus; and, after examining all the 

 material now available (including the original series of incautus, kindly 

 loaned by Dr. Allen), I regard this form as worthy of recognition by 

 name. It should stand as Myotis incautus (J. A. Allen), and may be 

 distinguished from M. velifer by its more pallid coloration. Oerrit S. 

 Miller, Jr. 



Note on the Chilonycteris davyi fulvus of Thomas. 



In November, 1892, Mr. Oldfield Thomas separated the Mexican bare 

 backed bat from the South American form under the name Chilonycteris 

 davi/i fulvus (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., X, p. 410) on account of 

 the small size and "briliant fulvous chestnut " color of some specimens 

 from Las Penas, Jalisco. Two years later (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 VI, p. 248, August 3, 1894), Dr. J. A. Allen showed that these bats are 

 dichromatic, and that the red phase is not characteristic of the Mexican 

 form. He proposed, therefore, to place the name fulvus as a synonym 

 under davyi. 



Having recently examined a considerable number of specimens of 

 Dermonotns from Mexico, as well as a topotype of D. davyi and severaL 

 individuals of the same species from Dominica, I find that D. fulvus is a 

 well-marked form, characterized by its noticeably smaller, narrower 

 skull. In the Trinidad specimen the greatest length of skull is 15.8mm., 

 in those from Dominica, 15.8-16 mm., while in the Mexican series it 

 never exceeds 15 mm. Gerrit 8. Miller, Jr. 



Parus inornatus griseus renamed. 



Parus inornatus griseus (Ridgway, 1882), the name in current use for 

 the Gray Titmouse, cannot, according to our present interpretation of 

 the American Ornithologists' Union Code of Nomenclature, be continued, 

 since there is a much older Parus griseus (Muller, Zool. Danicae, 1776, p. 

 34). It is therefore proposed to rename the Gray Titmouse Parus inor 

 natus ridgwayi. Charles W. Richmond. 



