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A BAT NEW TO OHIO. 



By John F. Cunningham. 



Nycticejus crepuscularis (Coues). 



Nycticius humeralis (Rafinesqtie). 



According to the last report upon the fauna of 

 Ohio, all the bats reported for the state were members 

 of the genera Vespcrtilio and Atalapha. Of the former 

 geneus, suhulatus (the little brown bat), /loctora^aHs, 

 (the silver black bat), and fuscus, (the Caroline or 

 dusky bat) were reported. Of the genus Atalapha, 

 noveboracensis, (the red bat), and cinereus, (the hoary 

 bat) were reported. This same work adds a note to 

 the effect that "Nycticejus crepuscularis may occur in 

 southern Ohio, as it is reported from Pennsylvania to 

 Missouri and the south-west." 



This latter clause, referring to the southern dis- 

 tribution of this bat seems to be true, for in "North 

 American Fauna" No. 13, by Garret S. Miller, this bat, 

 under Rafinesque's name Nycticeiiis humeralis, is re- 

 ported from the following states: Arkansas, Florida, 

 Georgia, Indian Territory, Kentucky, Louisiana, 

 Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, 

 Texas, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. It 

 would seem from this that it is of a more southern dis- 

 tribution, and it seems strange that specimens have 

 not been reported from southern Ohio before this time. 



But there is an old saying that " all things come to 

 those who wait," and in some cases this seems true. 

 The appearance of this interesting creature was a 

 peculiar happening, and my being able to report it at 

 this time is not at all my own fault. 



While studying in my room one evening in May, 

 1897, I heard something thump upon the floor behind 



