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way misplaced and are not now to be found." I have checked the 

 early catalogs of the U.S. National Museum and have failed to find 

 any record of big-eared bats from Pennsylvania. In 1857 and again 

 on two occasions in 1861 specimens were received from J. T. Thuckston 

 of Aleadville, Pa. These were Condylura, Myotis, Tamiasciurus, 

 Peromyscus, and Microtus. If big-eared bats were received from the 

 same source they apparently were never cataloged. 



Specimens examined: A total of 50 from the following U.S. local- 

 ities : 



North Carolina: Buncombe County: Weaverville, Is (USNM). Cherokee 

 County: 4 miles east-southeast of Andrews, Is (AS). Madison County: Marshall, 

 Is (MCZ). Swain County: 14 miles northeast of Andrews, 5s (AS); Forney 

 Creek, 2,400 feet, 9 miles northwest of Bryson City, Is (USNM). Georgia: 

 Towns County: Young Harris, Is (USNM). Alabama: Colbert County: Forster's 

 Mill on Town Creek, 5 miles east of Leighton, Is (USNM). Madison County: 

 Monte Sano, 1,600 feet, southeast of Huntsville, Is (USNM). Tennessee: 

 Blount County: Cades Cove, 1,750 feet, Is (USNM). Campbell County: Well 

 Springs, Powell Valley, Is (OSM). Obion County: 10 miles northeast of Tipton- 

 ville, 6s (UI). Sevier County: Sugarlands area, 1,900 feet, 3 miles south of 

 Gatlinburg, 13ab (USNM). Warren County: McMinnville, la (CNMH). 

 Kentucky: Breathitt County: Noble, 5s (UK); Quicksand, Is (AMNH). 

 Illinois: Alexander County: One-half mile north of Olive Branch, Is (INHS). 

 Wabash County: Mount Carmel, 2a (USNM). Indiana: Lawrence County: 

 Mitchell, Upper Twin Cave, Is (UI), Is (USNM). Washington County: Near 

 Salem, Is (OSM). Ohio: Adams County: Waggoner Ripple Cave, Green Town- 

 ship, Is (OSM). West Virginia: Nicholas County: Collison Cave, near Mt. 

 Lookout, Is (CM), 2s (GF). 



Additional records: The following records probably refer to this 

 form: 



North Carolina: Alexander County: 10 miles northwest of Taylorsville (G. M. 

 Allen, 1916, p. 351). Macon County: Highlands, 3,850 feet (Odum, 1949, p. 188). 

 Transylvania County: Pink Beds, head of South Fork of Mills River, 3,300 feet, 

 Pisgah National Forest (Oberholser, 1905, p. 9). Tennessee: Franklin County: 

 "Southeast portion" (Ganier, 1954, in litt.). Sevier County: Greenbrier Cove 

 (Komarek and Komarek, 1938, p. 148). V/arren County: Near Hubbard's or Bat 

 Cave, 8 miles north of Beersheba Springs (Ganier, 1954, in litt.). Kentucky: 

 Edmonson County: Mammoth Cave (Hibbard, 1954, in litt.). Warren County: 

 Bowling Green (Garman, 1894, p. 58). Illinois: Alexander County: Elco (Elder, 

 1946, p. 433). Indiana: Putnam County: 5 miles southwest of Greencastle 

 (Butler, 1895, p. 86). Washington County: Near Saltillo (Mumford, 1954, in litt.). 



Plecotus townsendii Cooper 



Synonymy is given under the subspecies. 



Distribution: Central Appalachian Highlands, Ozark Highlands, 

 western United States, southwestern Canada, and Mexico south to 

 the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (figs. 22-24). 



Description: Adult coloration: Hau-s of upperparts gray or slate 

 at base; color of tip varying from pale cinnamon brown to blackish 



