FAUNA AMERICANA. 43 



Species. 



Talpa Europea, Linn. Erxleb. Bodd. 



Talpa vulgaris, Briss. regn. Anim. p. 280, n. 1. 

 la taupe, Buff. hist. Nat. torn. 8. p. 81. pi. 12. 



Mole, Pennant, Brit. Zool. p. 52. 



Talpa americana, black mole, Bartram's manu- 

 script notes.* 



Clia7\ Essent. Fur soft, black, and shining; 

 tail short. 



Dimensions. Total length from the base of the 

 tail to the extremity of the snout, five inches; 

 length of the head, one inch six lines ; of the tail, 

 one inch two lines ; of the fore-arm, eight lines ; 

 of the hand, nine lines and a half; of the leg, nine 

 lines ; of the longest nail of the fore foot, three 

 lines and a half; of the longest nail of the hind 

 foot, one line and a half. 



Description. Body thick, oblong, nearly cylin- 

 drical, training on the earth ; head pointed, termi- 

 nated in a snout ; eyes exceedingly small, black, 

 situated in the middle of a space of two lines in 

 diameter, destitute of hairs; ears without a concha, 

 only observable externally by the meatus audito. 

 rius, the borders of which are slightly proj^ting 



* That venerable naturalist, the late Mr. William Bartram, was 

 accustomed to keep a diary, ov •' A calendar of natural history," 

 in which he carefully noted his daily observations, almost up to 

 the hour of his death; these were never intended for publica- 

 tion, but since this work went to press, his relative, Maj. Robert 

 Carr, (the present proprietor of the Gardens,) has politely fa- 

 voured me with a perusal of them. 



