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traps baited with slielled corn, wliich I liad set in shallow water for 

 wild ducks- Numerous remains occur in the Madisouville "ash-pits." 



Order B. — Ungulata: Hoofed Animals. 

 Family VI. — Cervid^ : The Deer. 



13. Cervus canadensis, Erxleben. — Wapiti. — (Improperly called 

 "American Elk," which name should be applied onlj?^ to our "Moose," 

 Alee americanus). 



Formerly a rather common resident, judging from the abundance of 

 its remains in the Madisonville ancient cemetery. The antlers of this 

 species were evidently considered valuable property by the pre-his- 

 torics, on account of their availability in the manufacture of various 

 useful and ornamental articles, and are found carefully laid away in 

 the ash-pits with the other valuables of the deceased; among the nu_ 

 merous articles made from them are two wliich have apparently been 

 used £LS plows. 



14. Cariacus virginianus. Gray. — Virginia Deer. — The crania, 

 antlers and other remains of this species also have been found in large 

 numbers in the ancient cemetery above referred to; from the lower fore 

 leg bones (metacarpals) of this and the preceding species were manu- 

 factured the curious implements figured on plates 1 and 2 of this Volume. 

 The species is still a resident of northern Ohio, and has been noted 

 as far south as Mercer and Auglaize counties within the past six or 

 eight years. 



Order C. — Chiroptera: The Bats. 



Family VII. — Vespertilionid^ : Ordinary Bats. 



15. Atalapha noveboracensis, Coues. — Red Bat. — With the excep- 

 tion of the Little Brown Bat ( V. subulatus), this is our most common 

 representative of the family. On July 18, 1877, Mr. Wm. H. Whetsel, 

 of Madisonville, Ohio, brought to me a female of this species, which he 

 had found hanging under ^an apple tree limb, during a hard shower, 

 holding between its wings three half grown young which were barely 

 able to fly. 



16. Atalapha cinereus, Coues. — Hoary Bat. — A specimen now in 

 the Society's Museum was taken near Cold Spring, Kentucky (three 

 or four miles from Cincinnati), about six years ago. It is probably 

 a very rare species in this vicinity, being rather northerly in its dis- 

 tribution and nowhere common so far as known. 



