NO. 1359. NOTES ON CUBAN BATS— Mil. I. EU. 347 



BRACHYPHYLLA NANA Miller. 



1902. Brarhi/phylhi nana Millek, TnK-. Ac'ikI. ^'at. Sc-i. riiihvU'lphia, \>. 409. 



Issued September 12, 1902; El Guama, Cuba. (Skull.) 

 1902. Brarhiij>hijll(i nana Miixek, Proc. Biol. Soc. AVa.>jlHiijiti)ii, X\', p. 249. 



December KJ, 1902. (External ebaracters. ) 



A single imperfect skull was found in an owl pelk't procured at EI 

 Guama. 



Field notcx. — In a little valley at El Guama. amon<>- the mountains 

 north of Pinar del liio, is a rocky mass through which the waters of 

 the valle}' once flowed, leaving now a large opening through Avhich a 

 man can readily walk. It is a favorite custom of the bats to fly through 

 this opening, and a net })laeed there often entangled a specimen or 

 two, though it failed to secure this species. A Cuban barn owl had 

 its roosting place on a small shelf of rock, and on the ground l)eneath 

 were many disgorged pellets. These contained the bones of se\eral 

 species of birds, numerous rats {I/Lus alexandrinns)^ and a few ))ats, 

 among them a single skull of this species. — W. Palmer. 



ARTIBEUS PARVIPES Rehn. 



1902. Artiheus parvipc'^ Rehx, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1902 - 639. 

 December 12, 1902; Santiago de Cuba. 



One hundred and seventy specimens from the folloNving localities: 

 El Guama, 26 (14 skins); Pinar del Rio, 1; San Diego de los Baiios, 

 17 (7 skins); Guanajay, S3 (32 skins); Mariel, 8 (4 skins); Nueva 

 Gerona, Isle of Pines, 1; Baracoa, 11 (4 skins); El Cob re, 23 (3 skins). 



The Jamaican material at hand is not sufliciently extensive to fm*- 

 nish a satisfactor}- basis for comparison of the Cuban specimens \nt\\ 

 true Artibt'U^Ja//u(icc/i/<i.'<, but I see no reason to question ]Mr. Kehn's 

 conclusions. For measurements see table, page 348. 



Field notes. — In western Cuba this is the commonest bat; found 

 everywhere in the lim(\stone caves of the mountains, where they can 

 be seen hanging from tiie roof singly or in bunches. One was caught 

 in a net "placed over the edge of a tile roof at Pinar del Rio, where it 

 had spent the day with many individuals of other si)ecies. These bats 

 are also common in places remote from caves, as in the dilapidated 

 warehouses at Mariel and Caloma. on the north and south coasts, 

 respectively. Two were found in a cave on a mountain side on the 

 Isle of Pines. We saw none of these bats roosting in trees, })ut they 

 evidently capture much of their food among flowering trees, as their 

 fur often contains pollen and parts of flowers. These arc also <^ound 

 abundanth' on the floors of caves where the bats roost. 



In eastern Cuba Aiilhntfi y>^//vvj(><^v is common in all the oner rock 

 openings about Baracoa. hut it does not occur in the damp cave 



