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 BUTION 



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Life-history. 



Map No. 68 shows that this fine Bat ranges over nearly 

 all the continent, breeding in the northern and wintering 

 in the southern half. I have seen about a dozen specimens 

 in Manitoba; these were taken at Carberry, Sourismouth, 

 Morden, and Winnipeg. Edwin Hollis captured a female at 



Fig. 266 — Left side teeth of Hoary-bat ; two views of each row. 



(Five times life size.) Those to the left are the upper ; to the 



right the lower. 

 From Miller's Revision, N. A. Fauna No. 13, p. 114. Biological Surv.. U. S. 

 Dept. Agr. 



Touchwood Hills, September ii, igoi.' G. F. Dippie reports 

 it at Calgary, and on July 13, 1907, E. A. Preble saw one at 

 Fort Resolution. 



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Nothing is known of the extent to which the individual 

 R.wGE will roam, but there is no reason why it should not cover as 

 much ground as a small falcon, if its necessities should de- 

 mand it. 



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 MENT 



All the Hoary-bats I have met were in half-open country, 

 where both woods and water abounded. I see nothing peculiar 

 in this, and yet its chosen surroundings differ somewhat from 

 those of its congeners. I am not aware that any of our Bats 

 habitually hunt in the thick woods; they can find a better, 

 easier prey in the near-by openings. Some of the small species 

 are content with the small openings and small prey near the 

 ground; but the Great Hoary-bat soars high. Its proper 

 place, as I understand it, is far above the tree-tops of the forest, 



' Zobl., Aug. 15, 1902, p. 297, and subsequent personal letter. 



