1178 Life-histories of Northern Animals 

 The following races are recognized: 



fuscus Beauvois, the typical form. 

 miradorensis H. Allen, larger and darker. 

 propinquus Peters, very small, colours dark. 

 bahamensis Miller, small and with narrow muzzle. 

 cubensis Gray, larger, resembling miradorensis, but 



ears smaller and more pointed. 

 peninsiilcE Thomas, small and pale. 

 bernardinus Rhoads, like fuscus, but paler. 

 osceola Bangs, more cinnamon; otherwise like /z^-rct^j-. 

 melanopterus Rehn, from Mt. Tallac; has blackish 



feet and wings. 



Life-history. 



DisTRi- This Bat is one of the widest of rangers, and although it 



liUTioN g(.jjj-cely enters the Canadian zone, it more than makes up by 

 spreading far into Central America (Map 66). It is included 

 in the Manitoban list solely on the strength of a specimen 

 secured by Kennicott on Lake Winnipeg (No. 6192, U. S. N. 

 M., alcoholic), identified by H. Allen in his 1893 Monograph, 

 p. 121. My own acquaintance with it was made at Toronto 

 and New York, where I found it at its old trick of entering 

 the house, like a winged burglar, under cover of night. 

 HOME- Nothing is known of the home or individual range of this 



or any other of our Bats. 



RANGE 



ENVIRON- The chosen environment of the species differs little from 

 ^^^^^ that of its congeners of the smaller kinds. Open ways between 

 trees seem especially alluring. In primitive times this confined 

 them largely to the rivers and ponds, but now the clearances 

 have enlarged their opportunities, and every meadow and field 

 near sheltering groves is an eligible hunting-ground for the 

 Big Brown-bat. 



It is a lower flyer than the Red-bat or the Hoary, and has 

 a marked preference for town life. 



