464 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxii. 



BLARINA BREVICAUDA (Say). 

 SHORT-TAILED SHREW. 



The sliort-tailed shrew is common everywhere except in the lower 

 inarshes. It is especially abundant at Bluegrass Landing, both in 

 the woods and fields. '^ 



SCALOPUS ACQUATICUS (Linnaeus). 

 MOLE. 



I saw the work of moles about Bluegrass Landing and heard of 

 their occurrence there, but did not obtain any specimens. It does 

 not live in the swamps and is not common anywhere in the vicinity 

 of the river. 



LASIURUS CINEREUS (Beauvois). 

 HOARY BAT. 



There is a specimen of the hoary bat from Lake County in the State 

 museum in Indianapolis. 



LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS (LeConte). 

 SILVERY-HAIRED BAT. 



Reported by Butler and Evermann ^ from Laporte County. 



Other species of bats occur in this region, but I was unable to 

 obtain definite records. I saw l)ats flying frequently and was shown 

 where a colony had formerly occupied a hole in some old piling in 

 the river at Bluegrass Landing. None was there at the time of my 

 visit, but judging from the description they were probably the large 

 brown bat, VespertiJio fuscus. 



a I made an effort to get shrews of the genus Sorex. Init without success. One or 

 more species of this genus certainly occurs in the Kankakee Valley but probably is 

 not abundant. 



b Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci., 1893, p. 134. 



