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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



1864 Lasiurus cinereus H. Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am. p. 21. 



1884 Atalapha cinerea Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 2:78. 



1893 Atalapha cinerea H. Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am. p. 155. 



1896 Atalapha ci?ierea Fisher, The Observer. May 1896. 7: 196, 



1897 Lasiurus cinereus Miller, North American fauna, no. 13. 16 Oct. 



1897. p. 1 r 2 . 



Type locality. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Faunal position. The breeding range of the hoary bat appears to be 

 strictly confined to the boreal zone. 



Habitat. Forests and woodlands except during migrations when the 

 animal may be found anywhere- 



Distribution in New York. So far as known this bat does not occur 

 outside of the boreal area in the Adirondacks during the breeding season. 

 Its migrations carry the animal far south of the boundaries of the state 

 (Merriam, '88, p. 85 ; Miller, '97a, p. 542-43). 



Principal records. De Kay: (The hoary bat regarded as uncommon 

 ('42, p. 9). Merriam : "This species ... is not rare in the Adirondacks, 

 and I have taken it both in the interior and along the western border of 

 the region " ("84d, p. 78.) Fisher: " On the evening of October 1, 1883 

 one of these beautiful bats was seen flying about a lawn, [at Sing Sing] 

 where it was well identified " ('96, p. 196). 



Of this species in the vicinity of Buffalo Mr Savage writes, "The hoary 

 bat also occurs but in what numbers I am unable to say. There is a 

 good specimen in the museum of the Buffalo society of natural sciences. 



" Rare on Long Island. Has been taken in August, September and 

 October" (Helme). 



Lasiurus borealis (Miiller) Red bat 



1776 Vespertilio borealis Miiller, Natursyst. Suppl. p. 20. 

 1842 Vespertilio noveboracensis De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mam- 

 malia, p. 6. 



1864 Lasiurus noveboracensis H. Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am. p. 51. 

 1884 Atalapha noveboracensis Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 

 2:83. 



1893 Atalapha noveboracensis H. Allen, Monogr. bats N. Am. p. 142. 



1896 Atalapha borealis Fisher, The Observer. May 1896. 7 : 196. 



1897 Lasiurus borealis Miller, North American fauna, no. 13. 16 Oct. 



1897. p. 106. 



1898 Lasiurus borealis Mearns, Am. mus. nat. hist. Bui. 9 Sep. 1898. 



