101 
NOTE ON KPTESIOrS OKOl'l N'oriJS. 
The rare l)at (lescrihod by Peters in 1872 as Vesperna propin(jnvi^ I'roin 
specimens collected at Santa Ysabel, (inatemala, has since been recorded 
from only one additional locality, (ireytown, Nicaragua. A specimen in 
the hdelil Mnsenm of Natural History colk'cted by Edmnnd Heller at 
Achotal, Vera Crnz, IMexico, is therefore worthy of record. 
'Phis specimen not only furnishes another and a more northern locality 
hut also indicates that the form concerned is(piite distinct from Kptesicna 
fuHCMS with which it is currently associated as a subspecies. Its small 
size, its coloration, and its (o-anial characters all point to this conclusion 
which is further strengthened by the evidence that its range is at least in 
part coe.xtensive with that of Epleslcus juscu>i lairadoremU. 
The specimen from Achotal, a dry skin with sknll, presents a distinct 
type of coloration, the dark u[)per parts being sharply distinguished 
from the {)aler lower parts. The hairs of the upper parts are deep blackish 
brown hasally and narrowly mummy brown apically. Those of the 
umlerparts are the same color hasally hut the tips are broadly rus.set with 
slightly j)aler somewhat olivaceous tinges. "With slight allowance for an 
alcoholic specimen, this coloration is essentially that described by Peters 
as “ rostroth ” above and paler, more “ rostgelhe ” below. The external 
measurements of our specimen, taken by the collector, are as follows: Total 
length, 101; tail, 41; foot, 0.5; ear, 14; forearm, 41; til)ia, 17. 
comparison of this specimen with the type of Adelonycteris gauvieri 
(Allen, Bull. Am. .Mus. Nat. Hist., IX, p. 251, Sept. 28, 1807) shows no 
specific or sul)specific ditferences. Santa Ysahel, the type locality of pro- 
pinquus, is in northern Guatemala well within the basal part of the pen¬ 
insula of Yucatan only a relatively short distance from Izamal, the type 
locality of gnumeri. It is evident, therefore, ihut Eptesicns propinqims is 
a species distinct fi-om E. fttscus and that gnumeri is a synonym. 
— Wilfred II. 0»good. 
POOECETES GRAMINEUS CONEINIS IN LOUISIANA. 
Amongseveral vesper sparrows collected in Louisiana a number of years 
ago for the Biological Survey by Mr. A. H. Howell there is a single indi¬ 
vidual which, on recent careful com])arison, proves to belong to the west¬ 
ern race, Pooecetes grnmiyieus confinis. This specimen is an adnlt male. 
No. 203,850, IL S. Nat. i\Ius., Biological Survey collection, and was taken 
at Natchitoches, Louisiaiia, on January 17, 1008. It is of considerable 
interest not only as the first record for Louisiana, hut as the easternmost 
appearance of the subspecies at any season. 
— Ilarrg (J. Oberhuher. 
