ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 5 



appears as if each breeding'-place produces a local variety somewhat peculiar, and 

 that they never resort to any other islands for breeding than those where they 

 were born. 



Order Insectivora. 



7 fSoREx . A species apparently new was obtained by me at Kern 



River, the most southerly point at which the genus has been found on this coast. 

 Prof. Baird has it for determination. 



Order Cheiroptera. 



As this order-is omitted in the latest general works on the animals of North 

 America, I insert a list of those so far determined to inhabit this State, taken 

 from Allen's " Monograph oT North American Bats," published by the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, with some additions and corrections made by him in the 

 Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sc, 1864 to \8G6. Several of the species are in the 

 State Collection. 



8. Macrotus Oalifornicus Baird — Leaf-nosed Bat. Ft. Tuma, to Cape St. 

 Lucas. See U. S. & Mex. Boundary Survey Report, II, 2, p. 2, pi. 1, fig. 2. 



9 Nyctinomus nasutus Spix, (Tomes) — Sharp-nosed Bat. Texas to Ft. 

 Yuma, and south to Brazil. See Annals N. Y. Lyceum N. H., IV, 65, pi. 

 iiijX 1, M. cijnocephalus. 



10 Lasiurus Noveboracensis Erxleben, (Tomes) — Red Bat. Whole United 

 States and south to Chili. See Nat. Hi.st. of N. Y., Zool., p 6. pi. ii. 



11 Lasiurus cinereus Palisot, (Allen) — Hoary Bat. All of America. See 

 same work. 



12 ScoTOPHiLus Fuscus Palisot, (Allen) — Brown Bat. Whole United 

 States- to Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



13 ScoTOPiiiLUS NOCTivAGANS Lcconte (Allen) — Silver-haired Bat. Hud- 

 son's Bay to Washington, D. C, and Ft. Reading, California. 



14 ScoTOPiiiLus HESPERUS Alien — Western Bat. Posa Creek, (Visalia) 

 to Ft. Yuma, Califorrjia. 



15 Vespertilio subulatus Say — Little Brown Bat. Nova Scotia to So- 

 nora, Mex., and Arizona {=V. Cnlifornicus Bach.?) Very near or identical 

 with the next. 



16 Vespertilio evotis Allen — Oval-eared Bat. Nebraska and Washington 

 Territory to Cape St. Lucas. 



17 Vespertilio lucifugus Leconte — Blunt-nosed Bat. Hudson's Bay to 

 Aspinwall, N. G., and Fort Reading, California. 



18 Vespertilio obscurus Allen — Obscure Bat. Oregon ? to Cape St. 

 Lucas. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sc, 1866, p. 289. (= V. Oregonemis Le- 

 conte, Mss?) 



19 Vespertilio Yumanensis Allen — Gila Bat. Fort Yuma, California. 



20 Vespertilio nitidus Allen — Shining Bat. Lat. 49° W. T., to Cape 

 St. Lucas and Texas. 



21 Vespertilio macropds Allen — Long-footed Bat. Near Fort Mojave, 

 Colorado Valley, Dr. Coues, U. S. A. Described with obscurus, 186G. 



