VESPERTILIO. 587 
a.’ Muzzle narrow. PAGE 
av’ (General color bistre ‘or sepia.........-<.. V. fuscus 587 
b.’’ General color dark reddish brown.....V. 7. cubensis 588 
c.’’ General color dark sepia......... V. f. miradorensis 588 
die a boverdarie DROW: Gio ge ce cls cote V. 7. bahamensis 588 
e.’’ General color pale brownish fawn...V. 7. peninsule 589 
fee SAO we pale DISKS. v5 cad ciety) es V.f. bernardinus 589 
b.’ Muzzle broad. 
ave General color rust Ted. 0 <5). ts V.f}. propinquus 589 
b. Tragus long, narrow, equal to half the length 
COL APLTRE (2121 2 aR eae A ge ae oe ..V. gaumert 590 
B. Outer margin of ear conch terminating under 
“TLE 2 eke tat AN MS a Ra V. albigularis 590 
Fic. LXXXVII. VESPERTILIO FUSCUS. 
No. 851ct U.S. Nat. Mus. Coll. Twice nat. size. 
557. fuscus (Vespertilio), Beauvois, Cat. Peale’s Mus. Phil., 1796, 
p- 14. Elliot, N. Am. Mamm., igor, p. 410. 
carolinensis Geoff., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., 1806, p. 193. 
phatops Rafin., Am. Month. Mag., 111, 1818, p. 445. 
melanops Rafin., Ann. Nat., 1820, p. 2. 
_ arquatus Say, Long’s Exp. Rocky Mts., 1, 1823, p. 167 (note). 
ursinus Temm., Mon. Mamm., 11, 1835, p. 235. 
greent Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1, 
Brown Bar. 
Type locality. Philadelphia, Pa. 
Geogr. Distr. Lower California, Mexico, and “‘ Austral, Transition, 
and (lower edge of) Boreal Zones throughout the eastern United 
States north of Florida and adjoining British provinces.”’ (Miller.) 
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