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A rather common species, flying early in the evening until dark. 

 Scotophilus noctivagans Abbott, Cook's Geol. of N. J., 1868, 



P- 751- 



Vesperilio noctivagans Abbott, A Naturalist's Rambles, 1885, 

 p. 448. 



Lasionyctcris noctivagans Rhoads, Mam. Pa. and N. J., 1903, 

 p. 210. 



Genus Lasiurus Gray. 

 Lasiurus borealis (Miiller). 



Red Bat. 



Plate 45. 



Length 4.40 inches. Spread of wings 11 inches. Base of 

 wing membranes, whole of interfemoral membrane and base of 

 ears densely furred. Fur bright, rusty red or grayish, strongly 

 tinged with rufous, lighter below. Hairs generally tipped with 

 whitish and a whitish patch before the shoulder on each side. 



This is a very common bat, frequently entering houses in the 

 summer evenings, as does the large brown bat, these two species 

 being the best-known bats in the State. Some of the others are 

 quite plentiful, but they do not sO' frequently fall into the hands of 

 man, unless specially sought for. 



Lasiurus novehoracensis Abbott, Cook's Geol. of N. J., 1868, 



P- 751- 



Atalapha novcehoracensis Abbott, A Naturalist's Rambles, 

 1885, p. 448. 



Atalapha borealis Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1897, 



P- 33- 



Lasiurus borealis Rhoads, Mam. Pa. and N. J., 1903, p. 213. 



Lasiurus cinereus (Beauvois). 



Hoary Bat. 



Plate 46. 



Length 5.40 inches. Spread of wings 12 to 15 inches. Sim- 

 ilar to the red bat, but much larger. Fur dark brown, mixed 



