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perso7ially acquainted with nearly every species hereinafter nam- 

 ed. Although it has been attended with much labor and some 

 expense, I have been abundantly compensated in the pleasure 

 the examination of the subject has afforded me. As nothing of 

 the kind (it is believed) has heretofore been attempted in this 

 State, it is difficult to determine how many species, hitherto un- 

 known in the State, I have been able to add to our list. But 

 several of my smaller quadrupeds have heretofore been supposed 

 by naturalists not to exist in this region ; and one species is en- 

 tirely new in this country, except that another specimen was dis- 

 covered about the same time at Rochester, New York. 



Order CARNIYORA. 

 Family YESPERTiLioNiDa:. The Bat Family. 



1. Vespertilio Carolinensis, of Geoffrey, Carolina Bat, Stratford. 



2. Y. noctivagans. Cooper, (Auduboni, Harlan,) Stratford. 



3. Y. Noveboracensis, Linn., the New York Bat, Stratford. 

 *4. Y. pruinosus, Say, Hoary Bat, Stratford. 



*5. Y. subulatus ? Say, Awl-eared Bat, Northford. 



Family Soricid^. The Shrew Family. 



*6. Sorex brevicaudis, of Say, Short-tailed Shrew, Stratford. 



*7. S. Dekayi, of Bachman, Dekay's Shrew, Stratford. 



*8. S. parvus. Say, Small Shrew, Stamford. 



*9. S. platyrrhinchus, Dekay, least and beautiful Shrew, Strat- 

 ford. 



*4. I took a specimen of the Hoary Bat, December, 1841, that measured 17 inches 

 across the wings, and 6 inches in length, and under circumstances which induced 

 the belief that this bat migrates southerly in winter. 



*5. I have seen a species of bat at Northford, more common there than either of 

 the others, but have had no recent specimen, yet believe it to be the subulatus of 

 Say. I^have specimens in my cabinet of the other four species. 



*6 and 8. An account of these two species, as discovered by me in Connecticut, 

 was published in this Journal, Vol. xxxix, p. 388. 



*7. Of the Dekayi, I have taken several specimens, both old and young. 



*9. This beautiful little quadruped was taken in a decayed apple-tree log in 

 Stratford, Jan. 22, 1840. Total length 4 inches ; body and head 2.5 inches ; length 

 of tail 1.5 inches ; length of head .8 inch; end of nose to end of ear .9 ; end of 

 nose to fore leg 1 inch ; length of nose to upper incisors .2 inch ; height of ear 

 .1 inch ; length of nose to rictus .3; tip of nose deeply lobed, and nearly a line 

 deep ; total weight of animal 47 grains. Color, upper parts dark reddish brown ; 



