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men of Myotis californieus bearing no more definite indication of 

 locality than the words " United States." In placing it formally in 

 print, H. Allen mentions three other specimens (one from Cape St. 

 Lucas, Lower California, and two from Fort Yuma, Calif.), for 

 which, if they should prove to be distinct from his V. nitidus {=M. 

 californieus) , " this name will be reserved." "While the first of these 

 specimens is doubtless best considered as true Myotis calif ornian^^ 

 the two others are M. californieus follidus^ so that the form as origi- 

 nally understood was a composite. In view of these facts it seems 

 best to follow Miller, 1897, as first reviser, in relegating the name 

 oregonensis to the synonymy of M. californieus californieus. 



Orinomus {Myotis) Elliot, Publ. Field Columbian Mus., zool. ser., 

 vol. 3, p. 228, June, 1903. This bat, described from La Grulla, San 

 Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower California, is the same as M. suh- 

 ulatus melanorhinus (Merriam), 1890, from San Francisco Moun- 

 tain, Arizona, 



Oxyotus (Vespertilio) Peters, Monatsber. k. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 

 19, 1866. This is the first name based on the long-eared form of 

 Myotis chiloensis occurring in the Andes. The type came from 

 Chimborazo, Ecuador. 



Pallidus {Myotis californieus) Stephens, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 13, p. 153, June 13, 1900. This is the pale race of Myotis 

 californieus inhabiting the more arid parts of the Southwest. The 

 type came from Vallecito, San Diego County, Calif. 



Parvulus {Vespertilio) Temminck, Monogr. de Mamm., vol. 2, p. 

 246, 1840. Dobson states that he directly compared Temminck's type 

 of Vespertilio parvulus in the Leiden Museum with an alcoholic 

 specimen of Myotis nigHcans and considered them as representatives 

 of one species. The type was collected by Natterer in Brazil. 



Peninsularis {Myotis) Miller, Ann. and Mag, Nat, Hist., ser, 7, 

 vol, 2, p. 124, 1898. This is the only name which has been applied to 

 the small form of Myotis velifer inhabiting Lower California, 



Pernox {Myotis) Hollister, Smithsonian Misc, Coll,, vol, 56, No, 26, 

 p. 4, December 5, 1911. The specimen on which this name was based 

 proves to be a large, richly colored individual of M. lucifugus 

 alascensis. It was collected at Henry House, Alberta, Canada. 



Pilosus {Vespertilio) Peters, Monatsber. k. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1869, 

 p. 408. The origin of the wings from the tibia and from the middle 

 of the back close to the spine, as well as the very large size of the 

 foot, are characters so different from those of any other American 

 member of the genus, and so like those of the Philippine Myotis 

 inacrotarsus., that until the occurrence in South America of an ani- 

 mal possessing these peculiarities can be established by the discovery 

 of a second specimen, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the 

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