58 John F. Pagels, Carol S. Jones, Charles O. Handley, Jr. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.— We are grateful to many individuals 

 who provided specimen or ecological data and/ or allowed us to exam- 

 ine specimens under their care. They included J. A. Cranford, C. E. 

 Close, V. E. Diersing, T. W. French, J. B. Funderburg, A. L. Gardner, 

 H. H. Genoways, M. S. Hensley, H. G. M. Jopson, G. L. Kirkland, Jr., 

 J. Laerm, D. S. Lee, J. F. Merritt, R. K. Rose, F. Sibley, M. D. Tuttle, 

 and S. L. Williams. Tom French, in addition to providing discussion 

 and information, critically reviewed the manuscript. An anonymous 

 reviewer provided other helpful comments. C. M. Tate assisted in the 

 collection of specimens. D. W. Handley determined the location of an 

 equivocal specimen locality with the aid of J. Crivak and F. S. De 

 Marr. Pippa Vanderstar constructed the distribution map. 



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