68 Howell — Notes on the Distribution of Certain Mammals. 



of its occurrence in the Southern States. Specimens were taken at the fol- 

 lowing localities : 



Virginia: Tazewell (common; 1, August 4). 

 Tennessee: Soddy (1, August 2.5). 

 Georgia: Young Harris (2, July 10). 



Lasiurus borealis (Miiller). 



RED BAT. 



This hat ranges over most of the Southern States, and in many places 

 is very common. Specimens were taken at the following localities: 



Georgia: Young Harris (1, July 1'^). 



Tennessee: Briceville (2, August IS); Coal Creek (1, August 19). 



Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque). 

 RAFINESQUE BAT. 

 Specimens of this soutliern species are in the Biological Survey Collec- 

 tion from the following localities: 



Alabama: Castleberry (1, October 12); Bon Seconr (1, October 19); 

 Greensboro (1, July ;50, 1892); Point Clear, Mobile Bay (3, April 19, 



20, 1S92). 



Corynorhinus macrotis (Le Conte). 



]?I(;-EARED BAT. 



Although this species apparently does not range north of the Lower 

 Austral Zone on the Atlantic coast, it pushes up into tlie mountains to the 

 upper edge of the Upper Austral. It has been recorded from Weaverville, 

 North (Carolina, and from the I'ink Beds, Pisgah Forest, at .'^,300 feet.* 



I found tlie species in August at Burkes (Tarden, Virginia, at 3,200 

 feet ahitude. An examination of four large caves and several small 

 ones in this valley resulted in finding only ten or fifteen bats of this species 

 in one of the larger caves. These caves are all in open pastures, the 

 entrances being circular depressions in the surface of the tield. The cave 

 in which the bats were found was moist and cool, but contained no water. 

 A single specimen of this bat was taken on Monte Sano, near Huntsville, 

 Alabama, at an altitude of 1,000 feet. It was roosting in a small stone 

 gate-bouse and was dislodged by a smudge built in the house, the smoke 

 causing it to fall to the floor in a semi-conscious condition. 



Specimens of this bat from the following localities liave been examined: 



Virginia: Burkes (harden (5, August 7). 

 Georgia: Young Harris ( 1 , March 30, 1909). 

 Alabama : Monte Sano, near Huntsville (1, September 5). 

 Mississippi: Westvillc (1, head only, U. S. N. M. Coll). 

 Louisiana: Lobdell ( 1, March 4, 1903, U. S. N. M. Coll.); Tallulah (2, 

 February 23, 1905). 



• H. C. Oberholser. Mamm. West. North Carolina, p. 9, 1905. 



