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May 8. 

 Smilax hispida Muhl., Ulmus fulva Mx., Morus alba L., Toxylon 

 pomiferum Ral, Gymnocladus dioica (L.) Koch. 



May 9. 



Ulmus catnpestris Sm., Sassafras sassafras (L.) Karst.. Diospyros 

 virginiana L., Fraxinus nigra Marsh. 



May 10. 



Quercus imbricaria Mx., Rhus glabra L., Catalpa catalpa (L.) Karst., 

 C. speciosa Ward. 



May 11. 

 Morus rubra L., Asimina triloba (L.) Dun., Tamarix galica L. 



May 12. ^^,,,.__^ 



Magnolia acuminata L., Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. y/^vS^ ^^^\ 



May 13. /^"o^^^'^^/'^l 



Celtis inississippiensis Bosc. 



May 14. 

 Ptelea trifoliata L. 



May 16. 

 Chionanthus virginica L. 



UNUSUAL COLOR MARKING IN THE PRAIRIE MOLE. 



LuMiNA C. Riddle. 



During the spring of 1904 there was turned over to the 

 Department of Natural History of Washburn College, Topeka, 

 Kansas, a peculiar mole which had been trapped in a yard near 

 by. The specimen was prepared and placed in the Museum 

 where it can be found at the present time. 



From general characters the mole was identified as a young 

 adult male of the Prairie Mole, Scalops aquaticus subspecies 

 machrinus (Raf.) but presented some striking variations. From 

 tip to tip it was 7^| inches, or 5^^ inches- without the tail which 

 was 13/^ inches long, and nearly naked; the nostrils were some- 

 what superior, the snout being J'g- inch long. Width of front 

 feet 1 inch and length with claws, 1 inch. Width of hind feet, 

 }/2 inch, length of hind feet 7^ inch. 



On the abdomen there was an irregular diamond shaped spot 

 of fur 2 inches long and 1 14 inches wide which was bright orange 

 in color. There were several tiny spots scattered here and there 

 around the larger one and the fur about the snout and front feet 

 was tinged with the same color. The man who trapped the spec- 

 imen said that of the hundreds he had taken in his lifetime this 

 was the only one he had ever seen with color marking. 



