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high roof could not be reached with the net, brought down twenty-nine. In 

 both caves they were not found far away from the entrance." 



CHILONATALUS TUMIDIFRONS Miller. 

 Chilonatalus tumidifrons Miller,. 1903, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. xvi, p. 119. 



This bat is known only from the seven specimens collected by Mr. Riley 

 and Mr. Derickson. The genus occurs in Cuba, Jamaica and Old Providence. 



Mr. Riley's notes are as follows: " About a dozen of this beautiful little 

 species were found in a peculiar cave at Sandy Point, or near the south end of 

 Wat lings Island. The entrance to the cave was fifteen feet or more across, but 

 only about three feet high. This passage extended back seventy-five feet or 

 more, opening into a large chamber with a high roof. We had gone to the 

 point to look for Nye's Woodpecker (Centurus nycanus] and were not prepared 

 for collecting bats, but when we heard of the cave, knowing from experience 

 in Cuba that rarely ever two species inhabit the same cave and that the list of 

 species can be materially swelled by visiting as many caves as possible, we 

 determined to examine it. Our guide gathered a lot of rubbish and made a 

 small fire in the center, when we were agreeably surprised to see a bat, entirely 

 new to us, flitting about in the dim light, reminding one of a large moth. It 

 soon became intolerable in the cave from the smoke and heat, as there was no 

 outlet except the entrance. Together we secured seven specimens ; the majority 

 of those in the cave, but it was rather difficult shooting in the dim light and 

 from the smallness of the bats. Two were secured that had been driven into 

 the entrance, as they could be seen better here against the light. When we 

 emerged from the cave and examined our specimens we surmised we had an 

 undescribed form. When fresh, the gland or swelling on the rostrum is very 

 prominent." 



MACROTUS WATERHOUSII Gray. 



Macrotus waterhousii Gray, 1843, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. xi, p. 21. 

 Macrotus uaterhousii Allen, 1890, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. iii, p. 170. 



A member of a wide ranging tropical American genus. 



A specimen of the long-eared bat taken on Andros Island, was recorded 

 by Dr. J. A. Allen, and another, from New Providence, has been for many 

 years in the United States National Museum. Mr. Riley procured five near 

 Georgetown, Eleuthera, and one on Long Island. In his field notes he says : 

 " About a dozen of this species were found near the entrance to a large cave 

 about four miles south of Georgetown, Eleuthera, the majority of which were 



