Il6 HUNTING AND FISHING IN FLORIDA. 



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

 specilic recognition, and several writers have alread}^ stated this to 

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



ATALAPHA CINEREA {Beaitv.). 

 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 BRASILIEN51S Is. Geoff. 

 House Bat. 



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

 Common in some localities. 



Family SORICID.E. The Shrews. 



BLARINA BREVICAUDA CAR0LINENSI5 {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, shghtly 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 EXILIPES 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. 



