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Additional records: DAKOTA CO.: Crystal Lake, 1 (Stephens, 1945:92). DAWES CO.: Chadron, 1 (Miller and Allen, 1928:169). SIOUX CO.: Antelope Township, 1 (Quay, 1948:181); Sugarloaf Township, 1 (Quay, 1948:181).

Remarks.--This bat is common along the Niobrara River in the northwestern part of the state. Stephens (loc. cit.) reports taking a bat of this species in Dakota County in the northeastern corner of Nebraska. This specimen was sent to Swenk at the University of Nebraska for positive identification and was, according to Stephens, deposited in the Swenk collection. No trace of the specimen can be found at the present time. It is here assigned to M. s. subulatus.

M. s. subulatus has been observed frequently in the Pine Ridge area, generally in association with Eptesicus fuscus pallidus. Two specimens were shot by us from many that were seen flying over a small clearing in the pines in northern Sioux County on August 2, 1949. Several Eptesicus were also obtained there. One of us (Webb) took two of these bats from their daytime retreat in a barn north of Rushville, Sheridan County, on September 5, 1951, where Eptesicus was also found. They are known to inhabit hay barns at the Ft. Niobrara Game Reserve, Cherry County, also in association with Eptesicus. Swenk (1908:137) reports finding two of these bats under a loose strip of pine bark in Sioux County.

~Myotis volans interior~ Miller

Hairy-winged Myotis

Myotis longricus interior Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 27:211, October 31, 1914, type from Twining, Taos Co., New Mexico.

Myotis volans interior, Miller and Allen, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 144:142, May 25, 1928.

Distribution in Nebraska.--Badlands area of extreme northwestern part of state.

Records of occurrence.--Specimens examined, 2, as follows: SIOUX CO.: Warbonnet Township, 8 mi. N Harrison, 2 (Cleveland Mus. Nat. Hist.).

Remarks.--Quay (1948:181) reported finding a colony of approximately 180 of these bats in northern Sioux County in the summer of 1944. They were found in a crevice in a dry creek bed. He examined several dozen, all females, two of which were saved as specimens.

The authors, while engaged in field work in this approximate locality in the summers of 1948 and 1949, were unable to locate any of these bats.

~Lasionycteris noctivagans~ (Le Conte)

Silver-haired Bat

V[espertilio], noctivagans Le Conte, McMurtrie's Cuvier, Animal Kingdom, 1:431, June, 1831, type from eastern United States.

Lasionycteris noctivagans, Peters, Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. Wissensch. Berlin, p. 648, 1865.

Distribution in Nebraska.--"Entire state, fairly common during migrations but probably not breeding within our limits" (Swenk, 1908:138).

Records of occurrence.--Specimens examined, 2, as follows: CLAY CO.: Inland, 1 (Hastings Museum, Hastings, Nebraska). FRANKLIN CO.: Campbell, 1 (Hastings Museum, Hastings, Nebraska).

Additional records (Swenk, 1908:138): CUMING CO.: West Point. DOUGLAS CO.: Omaha. LANCASTER CO.: Lincoln. County undesignated: "Platte River".

~Pipistrellus subflavus subflavus~ (F. Cuvier)

Eastern Pipistrelle

V[espertilio]. subflavus F. Cuvier, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1:17, 1832, type from eastern United States, probably Georgia.

Pipistrellus subflavus, Miller, N. Amer. Fauna, 13:90, October 16, 1897.

Distribution in Nebraska.--Known from limestone quarries in Cass and Sarpy counties; probably ranging throughout eastern Nebraska.

Records of occurrence.--Specimens examined, 34, as follows: CASS CO.: 1 mi. NE Louisville, 4. SARPY CO.: 1/2 mi. W Meadow, 30 (some of these specimens have been deposited in other collections as follows: Private Collection of P. H. Krutzsch, 3; Private Collection of W. G. Frum, 2; Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist., 4; Univ. Nebr. State Mus., 4).

Remarks.--This bat is the most common of the four species that are known to inhabit the quarries in Cass and Sarpy counties. Individuals have been found both in drill holes and clinging to the walls of the quarries. We have always found this bat to be solitary while in hibernation.

~Eptesicus fuscus fuscus~ (Beauvois)

Big Brown Bat

Vespertilio fuscus Beauvois, Catal. Raisonné Mus. Peale, Philadelphia, p. 18, 1796, type from Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.