PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF NEW YORK 369 



Vespertilio fuscus Beauvois Brown bat 

 1796 Vespertilio fuscus Beauvois, Cat. Peale's museum, p. 14. 

 1842 Vespertilio carolinensis De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mamma- 

 lia, p. 10. 



1864 Scotophilia fuscus H. Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am, p. 31. 

 1884 Vespcrugo serotinus fuscus Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 

 2: 86. 



1893 Adelonycteris fuscus H. Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am. p. 112. 



1896 Vesperugo fuscus Fisher, The Observer. May 1896. 7: 195. 



1897 Vespertilio fuscus Miller, North American fauna, no. 13. 16 Oct. 



1897. p. 96. 



1898 Vespertilio fuscus Mearns, Am. mus. nat. hist. Bui. 9 Sep. 



1898. 10 : 344. 



1893 Vespertilio fuscus Mearns, U. S. Nat. mus. Proc. 21 : 357. 



Type locality. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Faunal position. Austral zones and transition zone. 

 • Habitat. Caves, hollow trees and crevices in buildings. This bat is 

 usually very common in towns and cities. 



Distribution in New York. The brown bat occurs throughout the non- 

 boreal part of the state. The details of its distribution are not yet 

 known. 



Principal records. De Kay: u I have obtained it from Kings co. and 

 Prof. Emmons has observed it at Albany in the months of February and 

 March " ('42, p. n). Merriam : " Professor Baird has taken this species at 

 Westport in Essex co. on the eastern border of the Adirondacks and I 

 have procured a single specimen in Lewis co. on the western side of the 

 district, but it is unquestionably the rarest bat found within the limits of 

 the region " (84d, p. 86) Fisher: "Common [at Sing Sing]" ('96, p. 

 195).' Mearns: "The big brown bat is very common [at Highland falls], 

 often entering houses in pursuit of insects " ('98a, p. 344). " Common 

 [near Kaaterskill junction]" ('98b, p. 357). 



I have never met with this bat in New York. 



Mr Savage writes : " The brown bat has been taken here on one occa- 

 sion at least. Some time ago one of the pupils of the Central high 

 school took a live specimen to Dr F. W. Barrows who had it mounted. 

 I have recently examined the specimen." 



Lasiurus cinereus (Beauvois) Hoary bat 

 1796 Vespertilio Unereus Beauvois, Cat. Peale's museum. p. 14 



(obvious misprint for cinereus). 

 1842 Vespertilio pruinosus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 



p. 7. 



