At the cave called
"Los Troncones", 12 kilometers west and 8 kilometers north of Ciudad
Victoria, seven bats were shot down; three were saved. The second cave,
south of Ciudad Victoria, was considerably damper than the first.
Vampires were found in a small side chamber; nine bats were knocked
down. No other kinds of bats were present in either cave.

~Sylvilagus floridanus connectens~ (Nelson)

Florida Cottontail

_Lepus floridanus connectens_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 17:105, May 18, 1904. (Type from Chichicaxtle,
Veracruz, Mexico.)

_Sylvilagus floridanus connectens_ Lyon and Osgood, Catal.
Type spec. Mamm. U. S. Nat. Mus., Bull. 62:32, January 28,
1909.

_Specimens examined_, 2 from 70 km. [by highway] S. Ciudad
Victoria and 2 km. W El Carrizo.

~Sciurus aureogaster aureogaster~ F. Cuvier

Red-bellied Squirrel

[_Sciurus_, by implication] _aureogaster_ F. Cuvier, Hist.
nat. mammiferes, vol. 6, livr. 59, pl. with text, September,
1829. Binomial published at end of work only, vol. 7, tabl.
generale et methodique, p. 4, 1842. (Type from "California"
= eastern Mexico.)

_Specimens examined_, 13 as follows: 43 km. S Ciudad
Victoria, 1; 70 km. [by highway] S Ciudad Victoria, and 6
km. W of [Pan-American] highway [at El Carrizo], 3; 70 km.
[by hwy.] S Victoria and 2 km. W El Carrizo, 9.

_Remarks._--These colorful squirrels were taken in thick timber and
brush, and locally are referred to as "ardilla pinta" or "ardilla
colorada." One female obtained on January 22 is black. Local hunters
state that these squirrels are most active early in the morning and
late in the afternoon. Two squirrels were seen in copulation on January
19.

~Sciurus negligens~ Nelson

Little Gray Squirrel

_Sciurus negligens_ Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington,
12:147, June 3, 1898. (Type from Alta Mira, Tamaulipas,
Mexico.)

_Specimens examined_, 17 as follows: 70 km. [by highway] S
of Ciudad Victoria and 6 km. W of the [Pan-American] highway
[at El Carrizo], 5; 70 km. [by highway] S Ciudad Victoria
and 2 km. W El Carrizo, 12.

_Remarks._--Referred to as "ardilla chica" locally, these squirrels
were most frequently seen in the dense forest of the lower, elevations.
Active both in trees and on the ground, these animals were reported as
being destructive to corn crops. Females taken in January w