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Blarina meridensis Thomas. Merida Short-tailed Shrew. 
Sixteen specimens, Paramo de Tama, head of Tachira River, Vene- 
zuela and Colombia. 
The locality from which this series comes lies between Bogota and 
Merida, type localities respectively of the two known South American 
species of Blarina. The difference between the two forms is mainly 
of size and our specimens agree in that respect with meridensis. A 
specimen submitted to Mr. Oldfield Thomas is pronounced by him to 
be typical of that species. 
Shrews can scarcely be called abundant in this locality since a line 
of over 100 traps seldom yielded more than one or two in a single night. 
Their habits apparently are similar to those of their northern’ relatives 
and like them they readily take oatmeal bait in traps set in moist places 
in the heavy woods or along trickling streams. Average flesh measure- 
ments of ten adults are: Total length 123.7 (120-129); tail vertebrae 
36.3 (35-38); hind foot (c. u.) 15.4 (15-16). 
Molossus crassicaudatus Geoffroy. Lesser Dusky Molossus. 
Eleven specimens, Maracaibo, March 23-29. 
Two of these were caught fluttering about a lighted room at night 
and the others were taken from the hollow pillars surrounding the 
patio of the American consulate. The species is excessively abundant 
in the city of Maracaibo in which every suitable building harbors it 
in numbers. In walking the streets towards evening, or frequently 
during the day, one hears the wheezing cries of many bats from concealed 
cavities under eaves and cornices. 
Dr. G. M. Allen, who has recently elucidated the status of this 
species, has kindly made critical examination of specimens from our 
series. Measurements of forearms of 10 alcoholic specimens average 
39-3. (38-40.5) mm. 
Noctilio albiventer minor Osgood. Lesser Noctilio. 
Noctilio minor Osgood, Field Mus. Pub. No. 149, Zobl. Ser. X, p. 
30, Oct. 20, 1910. 
Two specimens (skins), El Panorama, Rio Aurare, Jan. 18. 
A slight difference in size between these two specimens, both of 
which are males, and the fact that both are slightly larger than the 
type of N. minor, which is a female, makes it more than likely that 
N. minor is only subspecifically separable from N. albiventer. The 
color also is variable, the upper parts in one being bright cinnamon 
