630 NYCTINOMUS. 



the eye terminating in a curved line that joins the outer border; 

 lower margin of ears wrinkled and carried nearly to the angle of the 

 mouth; nostrils lateral; interfemoral membrane covered with gray 

 hairs ; wing membrane from tarsus ; tail hidden in membrane for half 

 its length. First premolar small. 



Color. Above Prout's brown, beneath ashy brown. 



Measurements. Total length, 83.5; forearm, 43; tail, 28.9; free 

 portion, 2o.3;thumb, y.6;ear, 17.7 ; width of ears, 14. Skull : occipito- 

 nasal length, 19; zygomatic width, 10; width of braincase, 9; palatal 

 length, 9; upper tooth row, without incisors, 4.5; length of mandible, 

 ii. 



592. bahamensis (Nyctinomus), Rehn, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. 



Phila., 1902, p. 641. 

 BAHAMAN FREE-TAILED BAT. 



Type locality. Governor's Harbor, Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. 

 Genl. Char. Central emargination of nose pad shallow; size large. 

 Color. Above broccoli brown, beneath drab gray. 

 Measurements. Total length, 91 ; forearm, 42 ; tail, 36. 



593. musculus (Nyctinomus], Gundl., Monatsb. K. Preus. Akad. 



Wiss. Berl., 1861, p. 149. 

 FREE-TAILED MOUSE BAT. 



Type locality. Cuba. 



Geogr. Distr. Islands of Cuba, Porto Rico, St. Kitts, Trinidad. 



Genl. Char. Similar to N. mexicamts but third finger shorter. 



Color. Above seal brown, beneath hair brown. 



Measurements. Total length, 86; tail vertebrae, 34; third finger, 

 68-77. 



594. minutus (Nyctinomus) , Miller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



1899, p. 173. 



brasiliensis Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1892, p. 316. 



(Part.) 

 LITTLE FREE-TAILED BAT. 



Type locality. Trinidad, Island of Cuba. 



Geogr. Distr. Island of Cuba. 



Genl. Char. Smallest species of the genus; ears separate, pointed, 

 slightly keeled; anterior edge of ear without horny excrescences; 

 pad at base of thumb broad and conspicuous. Skull with short, 

 broad rostrum, and conspicuous lachrymal processes; dental formula 

 !& C.g; P.; M.g = 28. (Miller, 1. c.) 



Color. Dull reddish brown, paler on belly. 



Measurements. Total length, 74; tail vertebrae, 28; forearm, 29; 



