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I have never seen it in Mosqnito or Halifax Lagoons and am confident 

 that it docs not occur there. This species is said to feed upon the 

 leaves of the mangrove during the night. 



DELPIIIXID.E. 



13. Delphinus erebennus Cope. 

 Porpoise. 



A large number of porpoises Avhich T take to be this species occur 

 abundantly about the bays, salt water rivers and along the entire 

 coast of Florida. It is also probable that a second species may be 

 found. 



Vkspertilioxid^. 



14. Lasiurus Xoveboracensis Guay. 

 Red Bat. 



Common in the more northern sections of the state, frequenting 

 the woods. During the day they rest hanging head downwards upon 

 the leaf of a tree. Specimens captured are not only smaller in size 

 than those from the north, but are much deeper in color ; the fur, 

 however, is generally tipped with ash. 



15. Scotophilus fuscus H. Allen. 

 Carolina Bat. 



Common throughout the northern sections, but more abundant in 

 the vicinity of settlements. 



I once captured a female specimen of this species which was heavy 

 with young, placed her in a cage and left her. After an absence of 

 an hour or so I returned and found that she had escaped, but had left 

 a young one clinging to the woodwork on the side. The little thing 

 was entirely naked, but was furnished with teeth, which it showed 

 when handled and endeavored to bite, squeaking after the manner of 

 all these animals. I replaced it in the cage, where it remained until 

 night, but in the morning it was gone and I supposed that its mother 

 had carried it away. 



16. Scotophilus Georrjianus H. Allen. 



Georgia Bat. 



Two bats which I haveMn my collection, that were shot about ten 

 miles south of Salt Lake, I think are of this species. The specimens 

 were taken in the evening and were flying about near a small pond in 

 the piny woods. 



17. Xycticejus crepuscxilaris H. Allen. 



Mr. J. A. Allen in the "Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology" (Vol. ii, No. 3, p. 174) states that there is a specimen of 



