PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF NEW YORK 367 
York record. Merriam: Reference made to the Elizabethtown speci- 
men previously recorded by Harrison Allen (84, p. 96). Miller: 
Specimens mentioned from Hammondville, Hemlock lake, Highland 
falls, Lake George and Peterboro (’97c, p 76). Mearns: “This bat is 
quite uncommon in the Hudson highlands” (’98a, p. 344). 
I have taken a few specimens of Say’s bat at Peterboro, Madison co. 
where it is much less common than the little brown bat. 
Lasionycteris noctivagans (Le Conte) Szlvery bat 
1831 Vespertilio noctivagans Le Conte, McMurtrie’s Cuvier, Animal 
kingdom) ume 138314 (rs 3 0. 
1831 Vespertilio auduboni Harlan, Monthly Amer. journ.  geol. and 
HA LM MIStee NOVA RE Oa ie mela 22.0. 
1842 Vespertilio noctivagans De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 
Dosa 
1864 Scotophilus noctivagans H. Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am. p. 39. 
186<Leastonpctexis-nacluagaus-Peters; Nronatsber- kK Preuss. A kad? Wis- 
sensch._ Berlin. ..pa643. 
1884 Vesperugo noctivagans Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. ‘Trans. 
POO! 
1893 Lasionycteris noctivagans H. Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am. p. ros. 
1896 Vesperugo noctivagans Fisher, The Observer. May 1896. 7: 195. 
1897 Lasionycteris noctivagans Miller, North American fauna. no. 13. 
LOPOCH SO psro Os 
1898 Lasionycteris noctivagans Mearns, Am. mus. nat. hist. Bul. 9 
e 
Sep. 1898. 10 : 345. 
Type locality. Eastern United States. 
Faunal positien. Boreal transition and northern edge of upper austral 
zones. | 
Distribution in New York. The silvery bat is found either as a 
migrant or summer resident throughout the state. While its breeding 
range scarcely reaches the upper limit of the upper austral zone, its 
migrations carry it to the Bermudas and to the extreme southern United 
States (see Merriam, ’88, p. 85 and Miller, ’97a, p. 543). 
Principal records. De Kay: “The silver-haired bat is common on 
Long Island and the southern counties of the state” (’42, p. 10). 
Merriam: “This is our commonest bat, far outnumbering all the other 
species together. I have killed it in various parts of the wilderness, and 
during the past summer . . . shot over 125 in Lewis co... .” (’84d, 
p- 90). Fisher: ‘Tolerably common [near Sing Sing] . . . On June 24, 
