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Parascalops breweri (Bachman) True. Brewer's mole. In fields 

 and open woods above 1,000 feet altitude. Frequent drier situations 

 than the star-nosed mole. 



Condylura cristata (Linne) Desmarest. Star-nosed mole. Abundant 

 in moist meadows and marshes and extending well up into the moun- 

 tains in suitable places. Mr. Kent took both species of moles in the 

 same tunnels at Spectacle pond. 



Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte) Miller. Little brown bat. Abundant 

 throughout the state. 



Myotis winnemana Nelson. Least brown bat. This species was 

 described by Mr. E. W. Nelson (Proc. Biological Soc, Wash.; vol. xxvi, 

 pp. 183-4) as the result of the collection of a few specimens by Mr. 

 D. R. Mahaffy of Proctor in Nickwacket cave, Chittenden, in January, 

 1913. It had previously been confused with the little brown bat. Sub- 

 sequent examinations of collections showed two from Maryland in the 

 biological survey collection and several from New England in the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. 



Myotis subulatus (Say) Miller. Much more local than the preced- 

 ing. Mr. Kent and the writer have taken but two specimens, both in 

 Chittenden. 



Lasionycteris noctivagans (Le Conte) Peters. Silver-haired bat. 

 One of the most common bats of the state. 



Pipistrellus subflavus obscurus Miller. Northern pipistrell. Col- 

 lected so far in Vermont only from caves in Chittenden, where it was 

 first discovered in 1915 by Mr. D. R. Mahaffy of Proctor. It reaches its 

 northern limit in New England. 



Vespertilio fuscus Beauvois. Large brown bat. Common in the tran- 

 sition zone, preferring low moist woods. Frequently seen in villages. 



Lasiurus borealis (Muller) Miller. Red bat. Occasional in the 

 transition zone. Rare in Canadian zone. 



Lasiurus cinereus (Beauvois) H. Allen. Hoary bat. This migra- 

 tory species should be found breeding in the Canadian zone throughout 

 the state but, although Mr. Kent and the writer have frequently 

 watched, gun in hand, in favorable situations a good many evenings, 

 they have failed to see a specimen. It may be expected along water 

 courses during migrations. The only Vermont specimen of which there 

 is a record is one taken at Colchester soon after 1840 and presented the 

 state collection by Zadock Thompson. 



