380 MAMMALS 



Mr. Eiley seems to have found the animal in the exact locality where Mr. 

 Maynard discovered it. He says : " This bat was quite common in one or two 

 of the dark inner underground chambers, where the light never penetrated, 

 of the old Spanish fort at Nassau. They had young at the time of our first 

 visit (June 21), that were nearly as large as the adults. Though able to fly, 

 the young seemed loath to do so, as when disturbed they tried to escape by 

 scrambling away on all fours. We only found this species in the old fort." 



Sixty-eight specimens (12 skins) were collected by Mr. Riley. 



LASIURUS BOREALIS (Miller). 



Vespertilio borealis Miiller, 1776, Natursyst. Suppl., p. 21. 

 Atalapha noveboracensis H. Allen, 1894, Monagr. Bats. N. Am. 

 Lasiurus borealis (Miller), 1897, North American Fauna, No. 13, p. 105. 



Bats of this group are found almost throughout America, including the 

 Greater Antilles. 



A red bat taken on Xew Providence, February 2, 1884, by Mr. C. J. 

 Maynard, has been recorded by Harrison Allen. As the specimen consisted of 

 a skull only, no exact determination was possible. 



NYCTINOMUS BAHAMENSIS Rehn. 

 Nyctinomus bahamensis Rehn, 1902, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 641. 



Peculiar to the Bahamas. A member of a tropical group ranging from the 

 southern United States to Paraguay, and throughout the West Indies. 



This bat was originally described from a specimen taken at Governors 

 Harbor, Eleuthera, by Dr. J. Percy Moore, and six collected on Little Abaco by 

 Mr. J. Lewis Bonhote. Mr. Riley procured sixty-one (61 skins) near Clarence 

 Harbor, Long Island. His field notes are as follows : " This species was 

 found in a rather light cave about a mile and a half back of Clarence Harbor, 

 Long Island, and in the Hamilton cave, about five miles from the same town. 

 They occupied the rounded holes in the roof that sometimes run up for 

 unknown distances. The fact that on first entering a cave one sees no bats 

 is therefore no indication that none are there, as these holes are so dark that 

 even when a light is held near the opening it is often impossible to see the 

 bats. This species could hardly be overlooked, as the caves it inhabited have 

 a strong, disagreeable odor, peculiar to this genus, I am told. In the first 

 try with a small dip net over seventy specimens were captured, all that we 

 deemed the net could hold without tearing. In the Hamilton cave, the shot 

 from a .32 collecting pistol into one of the holes, that on account of the 



