VESPERTILIO. 



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a.' Muzzle narrow. 



a." General color bistre or sepia V. fuscus 



b." General color dark reddish brown V. f. cubensis 



c." General color dark sepia V. f. miradorensis 



d." Above dark brown V. f. bahamensis 



e." General color pale brownish fawn . . . V . f. peninsula 



f ." Above pale bistre V. f. bernardinus 



b/ Muzzle broad. 



a." General color rust red V. f. propinquus 



b. Tragus long, narrow, equal to half the length 



of the ear V. gaumeri 



B. Outer margin of ear conch terminating under 



the jaw V. albigularis 



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FIG. LXXXVII. VESPERTILIO FUSCUS. 

 No. 85101 U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. Twice nat. size. 



557. fuscus (Vespertilio), Beauvois, Cat. Peale's Mus. Phil., 1796, 

 p. 14. Elliot, N. Am. Mamm., IQOI, p. 410. 



carolinensis Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., 1806, p. 193. 



phaiops Rafin., Am. Month. Mag., in, 1818, p. 445. 



melanops Rafin., Ann. Nat., 1820, p. 2. 



arquatus Say, Long's Exp. Rocky Mts., i, 1823, p. 167 (note). 



ursinus Temm., Mon. Mamm., n, 1835, p. 235. 



greenii Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., i, 1843, p. 30. 

 BROWN BAT. 



Type locality. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Geogr. Distr. Lower California, Mexico, and "Austral, Transition, 

 and (lower edge of) Boreal Zones throughout the eastern United 

 States north of Florida and adjoining British provinces." (Miller.) 



