PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF NEW YORK 37 1 



Type locality. New York state. 



Fauna! position. The red bat breeds throughout the austral zones, 

 the transition zone and the lower part of the boreal zone. 



Habitat. Forests, woodlands, groves and parks. The red bat appears 

 to be an almost exclusively arboreal species. 



Distribution in Nezu York. The red bat probably occurs commonly 

 throughout New York state, except, perhaps, in the central part of the 

 Adirondack region. This species is extensively migratory (Merriam, 

 '88 p. 85; Miller, '97a, p. 541-42; Mearns, '98a, p. 345). 



Principal records. De Kay : " This is the most common species in 

 our state" ('42, p. 6). Merriam : " This species ranks among the least 

 common bats of the area under consideration " ('84d, p. 83). Fisher: 

 "Next to the little Georgian bat the red bat is the commonest species 

 [in the neighborhood of Sing Sing]" ('96, p. 196). Mearns: "Very 

 abundant in this region [the Hudson highlands] during the summer . . . 

 During the latter part of October and the first week of November,I have 

 seen great flights of them during the whole day" ('98a, p. 345). 



I have found the red bat a common summer resident at Peterboro, 

 Madison co. 



Mr Savage writes that, of the bats that occur in the neighborhood 

 of Buffalo, the red bat appears to be the most numerous. 



Mr Helme reports that this species is the commonest bat on Long 

 Island. 



Addenda 



The following papers should be mentioned which were overlooked in 

 preparing the body of this paper: 



De Kay, J. E. Assembly document 161, 1837. New York geological 

 and mineralogical reports for 1836, p. 13-15. In this communication it 

 is estimated that 60 different species of mammals occur in the state. 



De Kay, J. E. Assembly document 50, 1840. New York geological 

 and mineralogical reports for 1839, P- 7—36. In this article 74 mammals 

 are mentioned as occurring in the state. The list here given includes 

 introduced and fossil forms, also a number of synonyms, several species 

 that are mentioned without positive knowledge of their occurrence in 

 this state and some few that prove to have been founded on insuffi- 

 cient characters, making the number of New York mammals then 

 known less than 60. F.J.H.M. 



