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on the other Antillean islands. According to Miller it is the least 

 specialized of the stenodermatous bats. Hence, it may once have 

 been more widespread, and the colonies now existing in Cuba and 

 St. Vincent may represent the last remnant of a disappearing race. 



In St. Vincent this bat was apparently to be found in only one large 

 cave near Barrouallie. Mr. Austin H. Clark, who visited this place 

 in 1903, writes that it is a rather large chamber with two entrances, 

 one at about the high -water mark, and rather low; the other about 

 ten feet in height, through which a boat may be rowed. He saw but 

 two bats, both of which were secured, and proved to be of this species. 

 A few years before, a collector who visited the spot, obtained a large 

 number; and the bats appear subsequently to have left. 



In his list of mammals of Barbados, Col. Feilden (1890) has in- 

 cluded this species, which, he says, is locally known as the "Night 

 Raven"; and adds that the British Museum has specimens of the 

 genus from Cuba, St. Vincent, and other parts of the West Indies. 

 If this identification be correct, it is of very great interest; and it is 

 to be hoped that the other localities may be verified and published. 



Brachyphylla nana Miller. 



Brachyphylla nana Miller, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1902, 

 p. 409. ' 



So far as known, this bat is confined to the island of Cuba, whence 

 it was described in 1902, from a single skull found at El Guama in 

 the pellet of a Cuban barn owl. It is a smaller animal than the 

 B. cavernarum. In a subsequent paper Mr. Miller (1902c, p. 249) 

 has given external measurements and a description of the skin, on 

 the basis of specimens from the southern part of Santiago province. 



Dobson, in his Catalogue of the Chiroptera of the British Museum, 

 had recorded this genus from Cuba, but considered the species the 

 same as that of St. Vincent, as did also Gundlach. The latter author 

 (1866-7, p. 50) found it abundant in caves at San Cristobal, and 

 mentions occasional specimens from the vicinity of Matanzas and 

 Cardenas, Cuba. 



Artibeus jamaicensis Leach. 



Artibeus jamaicensis Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 1821, 13, 

 p. 75. Jamaica. 



Madataeus lewisii Leach, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 1821, 13, 

 p. 81. Jamaica. 



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