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Star-nose Mole, Cond-ylura cristaia Linn. 



Found in damp places in the Canadian and Transition zones. 'l collected 

 one specimen on the bank of Big Bun, Pendleton county, and saw one other 

 near Osceola in June, 1908. Dr. John L. Sheldon, of the West Virginia Uni- 

 versity, caught a specimen near Morgantown a few years ago. 



This mole is darker in color than the other two., described and has a peculiar 

 formation of radiating filaments on the nose which gives the species its name. 



Little Brown Ba.t, Myotis lutifugus LeC. 



Common in all parts of West Virginia. Apparently very little collecting 

 of bats has been engaged in in this state, and the published notes in regard 

 to their distribution here are very meager. I have found this species abundant 

 at French Creek and Morgantown. 



Say's Bat, Myolus subulaius Say. 



Two specimens of this bat were collected at Aurora by Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 

 of the U. S. Biological Survey. 



Silver-haired Bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans LeC. 



This bat is distributed from the Atlantic to the Pacific but probably doe 

 not breed south of the Transition zone. Surber lists it from the forest* of 

 the State. 



Georgian Bat, Pipi&trellus subflavus Cuv. 



Surber says this species is very common in some sections. 



Brown Bat, Ve&periilo fuscus Beau. 



Found in all parts of the United States south of the Boreal zones. Surber 

 reports it as common. 



Eed Bat, Lasiurus borealis r Mull. 



Inhabits eastern parts of North America. Surber says "somewhat com- 

 mon. ' ' 



In addition to the native species of mammals above we have the common 

 house mouse, Norway rat and black rat which are European immigrants to 

 America. The house mouse and Norway rat are excessively common and the 

 black rat less abundant. 



SOME REMARKS ON THE GAME MAMMALS OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



With an Annotated List of all Species Found in the State. 



BY THADDEUS SURBER, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. VA. 



Owing to its geographical position and the altitude of its mountains natural- 

 ists recognize three life zones in West Virginia. The Boreal or Canadian 

 Zone comprises all .those mountain tops which rise above 3,000 or 3,500 feet 

 and therefore includes the entire black spruce belt and this zone is surrounded 

 on all sides by the Transition Zone which comprises all the less lofty mountain! 

 of the entire eastern and southern half of the state. The remainder of the 

 state, consisting of all the western and northwestern counties is included within 

 the Upper Austral Zone. We can therefore easily understand that not only 

 the fauna but the flora also is of widely diversified character. 



