MAMMALS 



18. Flying Squirrel. Sciuropterus volans volans 

 (Linnaeus). Not very common. 



INSECTIVOEA. 



19. Eastern Short-tailed Shrew. Blarina brevir 

 cauda talpoides (Gapper). Common. This is the 

 Mole-like Shrew, Sorex talpoides, of Gapper. 



20. Masked Shrew. Sorex personatus personaius 

 I. Geoff. St. Hillaire. Not common. This is illus- 

 trated by Gapper as Forester's Shrewmouse, Sorex 

 foresteri (Kichardson). 



21. Brewer's Mole. Parascalops breweri (Bach- 

 man). Rare. This is perhaps the mole referred to 

 by Gapper as the Shrew Mole, Scalops canadensis 

 (CuvieT)=Scalops aquaticus (Linnaeus), which has 

 Dot as yet been found here. Gapper's record was not 

 based on personal knowledge. 



22. Star-nosed Mole. Condylura cristata (Lin- 

 naeus). Not uncommon. 



CHIKOPTEEA. 



23. Brown Bat. Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois). 

 Not very common, if the number of skins in collec- 

 tion is a safe indication. 



24. Say's Bat. Myotis subulatus Say. Gapper 

 aays, " The most common Bat in the home district." 

 Several specimens from the vicinity of Toronto are 

 in the Museum of the Geological Survey at Ottawa, 

 from the Seton collection. 



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