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Baileyi (Myotis) HoUister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 22, 

 p. 44, March 10, 1909. The type specimen (from Ruidoso, N. Mex.), 

 is a large individual of M. occultus HoUister in the olive phase of 

 pelage. 



Bayleyi {Myotis) Lydekker, Zool. Eecord, 1909, Mammalia, p. 59, 

 1913. This is a misprint for haileyi HoUister. 



Bondas {Myotis) J. A. Allen, BuU. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 33, 

 p. 384, July 9, 1914, This name was given to the form of M. nigri- 

 cans from Bonda, Santa Marta, Colombia. The animal seems, how- 

 ever, to be identical with M. nigricans nigricans. 



Brasiliensis {Vespertilio) Spix, Sim. et Vespert. Brasil. Sp. Nov., 

 p. 63, pi. 36, fig. 8, 1823. The figure and description indicate that 

 this bat is identical with Myotis nigricans, also from Brazil. This 

 is the first name applied to the species, but it is preoccupied by V. 

 brasiliensis Desmarest, 1822, for a different animal, an Eptesicus. It 

 was replaced by Vespertilio spixii Fischer in 1829, but Wied had 

 meanwhile (1826) described the species as V. nigricans. 



Brevirostris {Vespertilio) Maximilian zu Wied, Verzeich. beobacht. 

 Saugeth. N. Amer., Arch. f. Naturgesch., 1861, vol. 1, p. 195. There 

 is almost nothing in the description of this bat that is diagnostic, 

 except the yellowish tint of the belly. This and the general account, 

 as well as the locality (Freiburg, Pa.) leave little doubt that Wied's 

 animal was Myotis lucifugus. The type was said to be lost. 



Californicus {Vespertilio) Audubon and Bachman, Journ. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 1, vol. 8, p. 285, 1842. Although no 

 locality beyond " California " is given, the original description 

 applies to the small reddish-brown Myotis of the southern part of 

 that State. The small feet are specially mentioned and the " light 

 yellowish-brown" color above, slightly darker beneath. While this 

 might refer as well to a race of Myotis subulatus (Say, not recent 

 authors). Miller (1897) has definitely assigned the name to the 

 smaller species. 



Capitaneus {Myotis) Nelson and Goldman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 22, p. 28, March 10, 1909. This name was given to the 

 typical race of M. volans before the latter name had been correctly 

 allocated through a reexamination of the type (from Cape St. Lucas, 

 Lower California). Since the type of Myotis capitaneus is also 

 from Lower California (near Comondu) the name becomes a syno- 

 nym of M. volans. 



Capucinus {Vespertilio) Philippi, Arch. f. Naturgesch., 1866, 

 vol. 1, p. 114. Trouessart (Catal. Mamm. viv. foss., suppl., p. 94, 

 1904) includes this as a species of Myotis, but Lataste (Actes Soc. 

 Sci. Chile, Santiago, vol. 1 (1891), p. 90, 1892), who examined 

 Philippi's type in Santiago, had shown that it is a Histiotus identical 

 with H. Tnagellamicus. 



