Il6 HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. 



The Florida form of this bat seems to be entitled to at least sub- 

 specific recognition, and several writers have already stated this to 

 be the case, but no one has yet taken the trouble to christen it. 



ATALAPHA CINEREA {B^auv.). 

 Hoary Bat. 



Fur dark brown tipped with silvery gray ; ears marked with 

 black; expanse of wings, 12.50 to 14.50- 



Recorded by Mr. Chapman from Gainesville (Bull. American 

 Mus., Nat. Hist., p. 343, 1894). 



NYCTINOMUS BRASILIENSIS Is. Geoff. 

 House Bat. 



General color, pale seal brown; expanse of wings, 10 to 11. 

 Common in some localities. 



Family SORICID^. The Shrews. 



BLARINA BREVICAUDA CAROLINENSIS {Bach.). 



Southern flole Shrew. 



No ears visible ; tail short ; general color slaty gray, often silvery 

 on under parts. Length of body without tail about 3.50 ; tail about. 75 . 



A specimen" was taken by Mr. C. J. Maynard, near Miami, and 

 another by Mr. Chapman at Gainesville. 



BLARINA CINEREA {Bach). 

 Cinereus Mole Shrew. 



Small ; no ears visible ; color slaty gray, slightly paler on under 

 parts. Length of body, without tail, about 2.50; tail about i. 



Mr. Chapman states (Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., p. 342, 1894), 

 a badly preserved specimen in alcohol from Indian River, is pro- 

 visionally referred by Professor Baird to this species. 



BLARINA EX I LI PES Baird. 

 SmalUFooted Mole Shrew. 



Small ; general color dark slaty gray, under parts nearly the same 

 as above. Length of body alone, 3.50 to 3.75 ; tail alone, about .75. 



