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all over, he began on the eyes and then ate the brains where the head 

 had been crushed by the trap, turning back the skin. By next morning 

 the Deer-mouse (it weighed more than the Mole) was devoured, except 

 the skin, which was neatly turned inside out, and the bones even the 

 smallest ribs were left intact and quite clean. During the previous 

 evening he ate also 8 grammes of worms. I found, however, that he 

 preferred the large fat white grubs that are found under manure piles 

 (Lachnosterna fuse a) ; for these he neglected both worms and Mouse. 

 A large blue wasp he would not touch; also a stag-beetle and he lived 

 amicably together till the end. He refused several kinds of farinaceous 

 food." f 



The curious fleshy projections on the end of the snout, from which 

 the animal has derived its name, are believed to possess highly sensi- 

 tive, tactile functions. 



Specimens examined from Illinois and Wisconsin: 

 Illinois (O.), Warsaw, Hancock Co., i. 

 Wisconsin (M. P. M.), Newbold, Forest Co., i; Medford, Taylor 



Co., 2; Merrill, Lincoln Co., i ; (O. C.), Mercer, Iron Co. (skull), 1 = 5. 



t Life Histories of Northern Animals, II, 1909, pp. 1141-42-43. 



