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15. Adelonycteris fusca.—Three specimens of the Large Brown Bat 
were secured, taken on Aug. 17, 1891, and March 7 and Nov. 9, 1893. 
16. Lasionycteris noctivagans.—Six specimens of the Silver Black 
Bat were taken, four on July 1, 1891, and two (caught in a hollow 
tree) Dec. 26, 1892. 
17. Vespertilio lucifugus.—Three specimens of the Little Brown Bat 
were taken, one each on July 9, 1891, Aug. 3, 1892, and July 17, 1893. 
18. Plecotus macrotus.—Big-eared Bat. One specimen was taken on 
Feb. 1, 1893, and two on Oct. 24, 1894. This bat and Atalapha cinerea 
have also been taken at Weaverville, in the western part of the State, 
but not as yet here at Raleigh. The specimens were furnished to us 
by Messrs. Thos. A. Smithwick, of Walke, and J. W. P. Smithwick, of 
Sans Souci—C. S. BRIMLEY. 
Preliminary Description of a New Race of the Eastern 
Vole from Nova Scotia.—There is in Nova Scotia a small, bright- 
colored vole with small hands and slender feet that seems subspecifically 
distinct from the large dark-colored southern Microtus pennsylvanicus 
typicus. 
It lives in great numbers in the fields and fresh water marshes, but 
especially in the glade-like openings in the spruce forest, where little 
spring brooks run down through the beds of rushes (Juncus sp.) among 
which its runways can be seen in all directions. 
The new form, based on a series of sixty-three specimens, may be 
characterized as follows : 
ICROTUS PENNSYLYANICUS ACADICUS subsp. nov. Type from 
Digby, Nova Scotia, No. 2155 ọ old adult, Coll. of E. A. and O. Bangs. 
Collected by O. Bangs, July 22, 1894. Total length 172, tail verte- 
bree 49, hind-foot 20. 
General Characters.—Size smaller than M. pennsylvanicus typicus ; 
hands very small; feet slender; colors bright ; skull smaller than that 
of M. pennsylvanicus typicus and lighter throughout ; incisor teeth much 
more slender. 
Color in winter pelage, upper parts bistre-brown, somewhat shaded 
with russet, with very few black-tipped hairs intermixed ; under parts 
dark gray, often washed with buffy. ae 
In summer pelage, upper parts with russet the predominating color. 
(At this season Jf. pennsylvanicus acadieus is much paler and brighter 
colored than M. pennsylvanicus typicus.) : 
Cranial Chicas eal Rosie than that of M. pennsylvanicus 
typicus and lighter throughout; pattern of enamel folding of molar 
teeth similar ; incisor teeth much more slender. 
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