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 vet taken the trouble to christen it. 



ATALAPHA CINEREA {Beaiiv.). 

 Hoary Bat. 



Fur dark brown tipped with silver}' 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.F:. The Shrews. 



BLARINA BREVICAUDA CAR0LINENSI5 {Bach.). 



Southern Hole 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 gra}', slight]}' paler on under 

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



Mr. Chapman states (Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., p. 343, 1894), 

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

 visionally referred bv Professor Baird to this species. 



BLARINA EXILIPES Baird. 

 SmalhFooted Mole Shrew. 



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

 as above. Length of bodv alone, 3.50 to 3.75 : tail alone, about .75. 



