1918] Grinnell: A Synopsis of the Bats of California 327 
give here the date as well as locality of capture of each specimen. 
The entire list appears on an accompanying table. 
Natural History —The western red bat is a solitary, tree-dwelling 
species. It spends its days hanging in foliage. Stephens (1906, 
nN 
OAPAN i Pk 
pri Eek) 
@ NYCTERIS BOREALIS TELIOTIS 
& NYCTERIS CINEREA 
DISTRIBUTION MAP 
MUSEUM OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY 
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNLA, 
Fig. R. Map showing stations of occurrence in California of Nycteris borealis 
teliotis and Nycteris cinerea, as established by specimens examined by the author. 
p. 271) states that all that he has seen were found in spring or summer 
hanging in fruit trees in orchards. 
One of the western red bats in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology 
(no. 18794) was found hanging among the evergreen leaves of an 
orange tree near Escondido, San Diego County, October 8, 1912. 
