PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF NEW YORK 365 
I have found the star-nosed mole common at Geneva, Ontario co. ; 
Peterboro, Madison co. and Elizabethtown, Essex co, 
Mr Savage writes that this species 1s not rare in the neighborhood of 
Buffalo, though less numerous than the naked-tailed mole. 
‘Several years ago I found a specimen lying dead in the street at 
Miller place, Long Island. ‘This is my only record for the region” 
(Helme). 
Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte) Zz¢tle brown bat 
1831 Vespertilio lucifugus Le Conte, McMurtrie’s Cuvier, Animal 
kingdom. Append. 1: 431. 
1842 Vespertilio subulatus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 
p. 8 (part). 
1864 Vespertilio lucifugus H. Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am. p. 55. 
1884 Vespertilio subulatus Merriam, Linn soc. New York. Trans. 2: 96 
(part). 
1893 Vespertilio gryphus Nar. (a) Vespertilio gryphus lucifugus, H. 
Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am. p. 78. 
1896 Vespertilo luctfugus Fisher, The Observer. 7: 195. 
1897 Myotis lucifugus Miller, North American fauna. no. 13. p. 59. 
1898 Myotis luctfugus Mearns, U.S. Nat. mus. Proc. 21 :357.. 
Type locality. Southern Georgia. 
Faunal position. The little brown bat ranges from Florida to Alaska, 
or throughout the breadth of five life zones. Such a distribution is 
very difficult to understand in the absence of definite knowledge of the 
real climatic conditions to which the animal is exposed during its 
breeding season. 
Ffabitat. Caves, hollow trees and crevices in buildings. Dr Harrison 
Allen refers to this bat as ‘‘a strictly pastoral species ’’ which “‘is not col- 
lected in houses either in town or country ” (’ 93, p. 84). This statement 
is very misleading as the little brown bat often takes up its abode in 
buildings where it occasionally becomes a serious pest. This is the 
common bat of the Mammoth cave (Rhodes, ’97b, p. 59). 
Distribution in New York. As might be expected from its wide range, 
the little brown bat occurs throughout New York state. It is not equally 
common in all localities, however, and the details of its local distribution 
remain to be worked out. 
Principal records, De Kay: (Mentioned as a common species. The 
account probably refers partly to this animal and partly to AZ. sudulatus. 
"42, p.g). Merriam: ‘ Next to the silver-haired bat this is the com- 
monest and most universally distributed species in the Adirondacks, so 
