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7. Geomys breviceps llanensis Bailey. Mesquite Plains Gopher. 



This pocket-gopher was described last year by Bailey ( N. A. Fauna, 

 No. 25, p. 129, 1905). 'It was taken by me at Medicine Lodge, 

 Kan., and to it are to be referred nearly all the specimens from 

 southern Kansas which have hitherto been regarded as interme- 

 diates between the three forms, G. breviceps, G. bursarius, and 

 G. luteus. 



8. Corynorhinus macrotis pallescens Miller. Pallid Big-eared Bat. 



Bats with long ears have frequently been reported from the gypsum 

 caves in Oklahoma and southern Kansas, but specimens were not 

 available to determine the species. I heard of them last year 

 (1905) at Alva and Medicine Lodge. Later, collectors from the 

 State Agricultural College secured a specimen at Sun. This I 

 have not seen; but a specimen from Alva, Okla., was sent me 

 last spring by Prof. G. W. Stevens, of the Northwestern Normal 

 School, and was identified by Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., as the 

 PaUid Big-eared bat. ;I have no doubt that this is the only form 

 of the genus that occurs in Kansas. The bat is quite rare, there 

 being but a few scattered records of its occurrence. It has been 

 taken once in Texas, once in the Black Hills, South Dakota, and 

 once in Larimer county, Colorado. These are the only previous 

 records east of the Rocky Mountains. 



IL- ELIMINATIONS FROM THE LIST. 



1. Peromyscus texanus ( Woodhouse ) . 



This was reported from Pendennis, but is undoubtedly P. luteus and 

 not the Texas species. 



2. Peromyscus texanus nebrascensis Meams. 



While it is possible that this mouse occurs in the extreme western 

 part of Kansas, its presence has not been proved by actual cap- 

 tures. 



These two eliminations leave four species of Peromyscus actu- 

 ally known to occur in the state — P. michiganensis, on open 

 grounds and in cultivated fields in the eastern half of the state; 

 P. luteus, the bleached form, which replaces michiganensis in the 

 western part of the state; P. leucopus, found in the woods of east- 

 ern Kansas; and P. attwateri, representing the extension of the 

 Lower Sonoran fauna into southern Kansas. 



3. Neotoma campestris Allen. 



Not separable from Neotoma baileyi, which has priority of publica- 

 tion. Specimens from western Kansas (the type of N. campes- 

 tris was collected at Pendennis) are slightly paler than those from 

 the eastern part of the state, but there are no other characters to 

 separate them. 



4. Geomys breviceps Baird. 



The Fort Riley specimens collected by Doctor Hammond do not seem 

 to be extant, and at present there is no proof of the occurrence 

 of typical breviceps in the state. 



The foregoing additions and eliminations leave the number of mammals 

 now credited to Kansas as eighty-five. 



