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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. Raisonne Mus. Peale, Philadelphia, p. 18, 1796, type from Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. _Eptesicus fuscus_, Mehely, Magyarorszag denevereinek monographiaja (Monographia Chiropterorum Hungariae), pp. 206, 338, 1900. _Distribution in Nebraska._--Eastern part of state. _Records of occurrence._--Specimens examined, 23, as follows: ADAMS CO.: Hastings, 1 (Hastings Museum, Hastings, Nebraska). CASS CO.: 1 mi. NE Louisville, 6; Plattsmouth, 1 (Univ. Nebr. State Mus.). SARPY CO.: 1/2 mi. W Meadow, 15 (Univ. Nebr. State Mus., 7). _Remarks._--We have observed this bat hibernating in the limestone quarries of Cass and Sarpy counties, where it was commonly found in drill holes or clinging to the ceiling or walls. We have always found this bat to be solitary while in hibernation, with one exception. On January 31, 1949, a male and
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