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1884, Mr Howard Acker found 16 females with 25 young from one to 

 three days old under the siding of an old house " ('96, p. 196). Mearns: 

 M One specimen was taken from a hollow tree fat Highland falls] " ('98a,. 

 P- 345)- 



Mr Helme writes that the silvery bat is very common on Long Island. 



Pipistrellus subflavus subflavus (F. Cuvier) Georgia bat 



1834 ? Vespertilio georgia?ius F. Cuvier, Nouv. ann. d'hist. nat. Paris 



2:16 (not determinable). . 

 1834 Vespertilio subflavus F. Cuvier, Nouv. ann. d'hist. nat. Paris. 



1 : 17. 



1864 Scotophilus georgianus H. Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am. p. 35. 

 1893 Vesperugo carolinensis H. Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am. p. 121. 



1896 Vesperugo georgianus Fisher, The Observer, May 1896, 7:196. 



1897 Pipistrellus subflavus Miller, North American fauna, no. 13. p. 90. 



1898 Pipistrellus subflavus Mearns, Am. mus. nat. hist. Bui. 10:345. 



Type locality. Eastern United States; probably Georgia. 



Faunal position. Austral zones and lower edge of transition zone. 



Distribution in New York. The Georgia bat is abundant in the lower 

 Hudson valley but is not as yet known in other parts of the state. 



Principal records. Fisher : " The commonest bat [at Sing Sing]. On 

 warm summer evenings . . . hundreds may be seen flying back and forth 

 over fields or lakes busily engaged in collecting their diminutive prey " 

 ('96, p. 196). Mearns: " This bat is not abundant in the [Hudson] 

 highlands" ('98a. p. 345). 



I have taken one specimen of Pipistrellus at Peterboro, Madison 

 co., but as it is immature I am unable to refer it satisfactorily either 

 to the typical form or to P. subflavus obscurus. 



Pipistrellus subflavus obscurus Miller Dusky bat 



1897 Pipistrellus subflavus obscurer Miller, North American fauna, no. 13. 

 16 Oct. 1897. p. 93. 



Type locality. Lake George, Warren co. New York. 



Faunal position. Probably the border line between transition zone 

 and upper austral zone. 



Distribution in New York. This bat has been found at the type 

 locality only. 



Principal records. Miller : 34 specimens recorded ('97c, p. 93). 



