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States, but records of its occurrence are few and scattering.* A single 

 specimen was taken at Belcher, Louisiana, February 6, 1908. 



Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus). 



EASTERN MOLE. 



Moles are quite generally distributed through the Southern States and 

 are particularly ninnerous where the soil is light or sandy. ()n Brasstown 

 Bald, Georgia, their runways were seen frequently all the way up the 

 slope from the base to about 4,500 feet altitude. 



Records are at hand of their occurrence at the following localities: 



Kentucky : Barbourville ( scarce ; few runways seen ) . 



Tennessee: Briceville (reported to occur); Walden Kidge, near Soddy 



( scarce ) . 

 Alabama: Huntsville (common; one specimen); Auburn (scarce); Cas- 



tleberry (scarce); Bon Secour (scarce). 

 Georgia: Young Harris (common; five specimens); Crawfordville (one 



specimen); Americus (common). 

 Louisiana: Shreveport (common; three specimens); Clarks (one sjjeci- 



men) ; Natchitoches (one specimen). 



Myotis grisescens Howell, t 



GRAY BAT. 



A large colony of these bats inhabit Nickajack Cave, near Shellmonnd, 

 Tennessee, where I secured a series of 81 specimens on August 3L The 

 species has been taken also at Marble Cave, Stone County, Missouri, and 

 at Twin Cave, near Mitchell, Indiana. It will probably be found in most 

 of the large caves in Tennessee, Kentucky, and other southern States. 

 There is said to be a cave near Lim Rock, Alabama, inhabited by large 

 numbers of bats — probably of this species. 



Myotis subulatus (Say). 



SAY'S BAT. 



A single specimen of this bat, taken April 6, 1909, in a cave on Ivy Log 

 Mountain, near Young Harris, Georgia, has been received by the Biologi- 

 cal Survey. This is the first record of the species from the State. 



Pipistrellus subflavus (F. Cuvier). 



GEORGIAN BAT. 



This is one of the most abundant and widely distributed bats in tlie 

 South. Specimens were taken at the following localities: 

 Tennessee: Briceville (6, August 14, 17, 18); Soddy (2, August 25). 

 Georgia: Young Harris (1, July). 

 Alabama: Huntsville (1, September 8). 



Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois). 



LARGE BROWN RAT. 



Although of wide distribution in the United States, there are few records 



•See N. Amer. Fauna, No. 10, p. IS, 1895. 



+ For original description, see Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXII, pp. 45-47, I'JOO. 



