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fourth and fifth fingers, the longer ears and tragus, less glossy fur, 

 more buffy color, the size and proportions of the skull, and the more 

 reduced condition of the smaller molar cusps. From Myotis evotis, 

 together with which it occurs in the western part of its range, it is 

 distinguished by slightly smaller size, less elongated ears, and smaller 

 teeth. 



MYOTIS KEENII KEENII (Merriam) 



VespertiUo subulatus keenii Merriam, Amer. Nat., vol. 29, p. 860, September, 

 1895. 



Myotis lucifugus alascensis Miller, North Amer. Fauna, No. 13, p. 63, October 

 16, 1897 (part, specimen from Wrangell, Alaska). 



Myotis subulatus keenii Milleh?, North Amer. Fauna, No. 13, p. 77, October 16, 

 1897. — Trouessart, Catal. Mamm. viv. foss., p. 12S4, 1899. — Elliot, Synops. 

 Mamm. North Amer., Field Colum. Mus., publ. 45, zool, ser., vol. 2, p. 405, 

 March, 1901 ; List Land and Sea Mamm. North Amer., Field Columb. 

 Mus., publ. 57, zool. ser., vol. 2, p. 518, June, 1901. — Osgood, North Amer. 

 Fauna, No. 21, p. 37, September 26, 1901. — Miller and Rehn, Proc. Boston 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 30, p. 258, December 27, 1901.— Trouessart, Catal. 

 Mamm. viv. foss., suppl., p. 94, 1904. — Elliot, Check List Mamm. North 

 Amer., Field Columb. Mus., publ. 105, zool. ser., vol. 6, p. 478, 1905. — Lyon 

 and Osgood, Catal. Type-Sp. Mamm. U. S. Nat. Mus., Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 No. 62, p. 271, January 28, 1909. — Miller, List North Amer. Land Mamm. 

 1911, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 79, p. 58, December 31, 1912; List North 

 Amer. Recent Mamm. 1923, Bull, U. S. Nat Mus., No. 128, p. 72, April 29, 

 1924. 



Type locality. — Massett, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, 

 British Columbia, Canada. 



Type spechnen. — Young adult female (in alcohol), No. 72922 U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. (Biological Survey Collection), collected at Massett, 

 Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada, 

 1894, by J. H. Keen. 



Distribution. — Humid northwest coast region from northern Brit- 

 ish Columbia and southeastern Alaska to northwestern Washington. 

 (See map 6, p. 102.) 



Characters. — A saturate, northwest-coast form ; ears conspicuously 

 black. 



Color. — Upperparts a rich glossy brown, nearly the Dresden 

 brown or buckthorn brown of Ridgway, the fur very dark slaty 

 brown beneath the surface; underparts distinctly more buffy than 

 back; ears black; membranes very dark brown or black. 



Measurments. — For measurements see tables, pages 109 and 110. 



SpeciTTiens examined. — Total number 7, from the following localities : 



ALASKA: Wrangell, 1 skin (U.S.N.M.). 



BRITISH COLUMBIA: Massett, Queen Charlotte Islands, 3 ale. 



(U.S.N.M.) ; Telegraph Creek, 1 ale. (U.S.N.M.). 

 WASHINGTON: Lake Cushman (Mason County), 1 skin (U. M.) ; Sol 



Due Hot Springs (Clallam County), 1 skin (U.S.N.M.). 



