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specimens were collected at least 110 miles (177 km) east of B. brevi- 

 cauda populations of the North Carolina Piedmont and 125 miles (201 

 km) southwest of the nearest known B. telmalestes populations. Addi- 

 tional work is needed in the North Carolina Coastal Plain. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.— Appreciation is extended to the follow- 

 ing persons who allowed me to examine specimens under their care: R. 

 J. Baker, Texas Tech University; R. Bauer, Cornell University; G. 

 Breece, Georgia Power Co., Atlanta; J. E. Cadle, University of Georgia; 



C. Carter, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson; J. L. Dusi, 

 Auburn University; R. D. Fisher, National Museum of Natural History; 

 P. Goldstein, American Museum of Natural History; D. C. Holliman, 

 Birmingham Southern College; M. Kennedy, Memphis State University; 



D. S. Lee, North Carolina State Museum of Natural History; J. P. 

 O'Neill, Louisiana State University; J. F. Parnell, University of North 

 Carolina at Wilmington; C. Ruckdeschel, Cumberland Island, GA; A. 



E. Sanders, Charleston Museum; S. Scudder, Florida State Museum, 

 University of Florida; C. H. Wharton, Georgia State University; W. K. 

 Willard, Tennessee Technological University; and H. C. Yeatman, Uni- 

 versity of the South. 



Special thanks are due A. E. Sanders and J. L. Dusi for their help, 

 and J. O. Whitaker, Jr., Indiana State University, for reading the 

 manuscript. The comments of two anonymous reviewers were also 

 greatly appreciated. Computer funds and typing were supplied by the 

 Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Cornell University. 



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