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Dear Sir.

With the greatest pleasure I will collect seeds for you the next season. Though I could send you the seeds of all our plants of the vicinity right away, I prefer to collect fresh ones for you, as my collection is partly very old.

From your table II Part III chaps XV it appears that you are not familiar with the monograph of North american [sic] bats by Dr Coues² published in ¹⁸⁷⁵ in the Rep. of Wheelers Expedition 1871-74.³ The genus Scotophilus of Leach is here synonym with Vespertilio and of the genus only 5 species (North american [sic]) are admitted and there are distributed in 4 subgenera. Vesperus : molars 4-4 / 5-5 Vesperugo 5-5 / 5-5 Vesperides 5-5 / 6-6 and Vespertilio 6-6 / 6-6[.]

Vespertilio (Verperus) fuscus Beauv = Scotophilus fuscus Allen

= Scotophilus carolinensis Allen = Vesp. carolinensis G. St Hill.

= Vesp. arcuatus Say = Vesp. ursinus Temm.

V. (vesperugo) georgianus Cuv. = Scotophilus georgianus Allen

V. (vesperugo) hesperus Coues = Scotophilus hesperus Allen

V. (vesperides) noctivagans Lel. = Scotophilus noctivagans Allen

= Vesp. Auduboni Harlan = Vesp. pulverulentus Temm.

V. subulatus Say the most common.

Nycticejus var Lariurus are according to Coues subgenera of a genus Atalapha Ref. Nycticejus: molar 4-4 / 5-5 Curteurier 5-5 / 5-5

[2] Nycticejus crepuscularis Allen

Lasiurus noveboracensis Temm Allen

Lasiurus intermedius Allen

Lasiurus cinereus Allen = Scotophilus pruinosus Gray

= Nycticejus pruinosus Temm = Vespertilio pruinosus Say

= Vespertilio cinereus Beauv.

Synotus macrotis Allen and Synotus townsendii Allen are both indentic with Corynorhinus macrotis Allen the same are Synotus lecontii and Townsendii" of Wagner.

The range of Antrozous pallidus is from [illeg.] to Cap Lucas and to New Mexico and Texas.

So Coues admits only eleven Vespertilionidae. This reduction I consider to be a progress of science.

Perhaps a list of the vertebrates in the vicinity of Peoria observed by myself might be desirable to you. I will send you an article which I have written in 1869 on the requests of the author of a history of Peoria the late Mr. Bellause.

Respectfully yours | Fred Brendel [signature]

Peoria Ill March 13 77