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Atalapha (Lasiurus) cinereus (Beauv.) Coues. 



Hoary Bat. 



1796. Vespertilio cinereus, Talisot de Beau vols, Cat. Peale's Phila. Mas., 



1796, 14.— LeConte, Proc. Phila. Acad., 1855, 433. 

 1823. Vespertilio pruinosus, Say, Long's Bxpl. R. Mts., 1823, 67.— Harlan, 

 Pn. Am., 1825, 21; Med. and Phys. Res., 1831, 28.— Godman, 

 Am. Nat. Hist., i, 1831, 68, pi. 2, f. 3— Rich., F. B. A., i, 1829, 1. 

 —Coop., Ann. Lye. N. Y., iv, 1837, 54.— DeKay, N. Y. Fn., 1, 

 1842, 7, pi. 2, f. 2. 

 1835. Nycticejus pruinoms, Temm., Mon. Mamm., 1835, 154. — Wagn., 



Suppl. Schreb., i, 1840, 544 ; v, 1855, 70. 

 1838. ScotopMlus pruinosus, Gray., Mag. Zool. Bot., ii, 1828, 498. 

 1857. Lasiurus pruinosus, Tomes, P. Z. S., 1857, 37. 



Lasiurus cinereus, H. Allen, Monog., 21 ; J. A. Allen, Bull. Mus 

 Comp. Zool., ii, 208. 

 1875. Atalapha (Lasiurus) cinereus, Coues, Report upon Geog. and Geolog. 

 Expl. and Surveys West of 100th Merid., chap, ii, vol. v. 1875, 

 90.— Jordan, Man. Vert., 1878. 



Dentition as in A. noiiehoracensis. Size larger ; length 4 to 5.50 ; tail 2 

 2.33 ; extent 10 to 15 inches, averaging 12 to 14 ; ear .33 to .50. Lips and 

 ears marked with black ; body colors rich chocolate-brown, or smoky-fawn 

 color, overlaid with white, giving a brilliant, hoary appearance. 



This is the only Bat known to inhabit the northern regions, as ob- 

 served by Kennicott. It is distributed over North America at large, but 

 is most abundant in elevated regions and northern latitudes. Since 

 1823, it has generally been known by Say's name, V. pruinosus. Major 

 LeConte showed it to be identical with V. cinereus, Beauvois, and restored 

 the prior name. 



Mr. F. W. Langdon informed me that a specimen of this Bat, in the 

 collection of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, was captured at 

 Coal Springs, Kentucky, three or four miles from Cincinnati. 



Atalapha (Nycticejus) crepuscularis, (LeConte) Coues, may occur in southern 

 Ohio, as it is reported from Pennsylvania to Missouri, and south-west. 



ORDER INSECTIVORA. 



Key to Families of iNSBCrivoRA. 



* Molar teeth multicuspid, with the cusps connected by deep re-entering ridges, which 

 describe two elongated triangles, and with at lea^t one extensive antero-internal 

 ledge. Skull with the calvarium wide; broadest about the periotic region, with 

 the foramen magnum sub-circular or oblong; the occipital condyles variously di- 

 vergent, with the par-occipital processes obsolete or wanting. Pelage very soft. 

 {Soricoidea as opposed to Ennaeeoidea.) 



