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1. LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL GENERAL WORKS IN WHICH THE HABITS, 

 ANATOMY, AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE AMERICAN MOLES ARE MORE 

 OR LESS FULLY DISCUSSED. 



1846-1854. AuDUBOX, J. J., and Bachman, J. — The Viviparous Qnadrnpeds of North 

 America. 3 vols. 4-\ 1846-18.54. 



Contains descriptions of most of the species, togetlur witli extensive .accounts of habits, 

 and notes on distribution and taxonomy. 



1859. Baird, S. F. — Mammals of North America; the descriptions of species based 

 chiefly on the collections in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. 4°. 

 1859. 



Contains descriptions of the majority of American species of moles, with measuremeiits 

 and lists of specimens and also tigures of the skulls and principal external parts. 



1842. DeKay, James E. — Zoology of New York, or the New York Fauna. Part I, 

 Mammalia. 4'-''. 1842. 



Contains descriptions and figures of Scalops a(iuaticus and Cdiidi/liira crisfata, and brief 

 notes on habits. 



1883. DOBSOX, G. E. — A monograpli of the Insectivora, systematic and anatomical. 



Part 2, including the families Potamogalid;c, Chrysochlorid;i', and Talpidic. 

 40. 1883. 



Includes full descriptions of the American moles, and an .account of the anatomy of 

 Scalops, Scapanus, and Coiich/lura, and figures of the skulls, muscles, .and viscera. 



1869. FiTziXGER, L.J. — Die natiirliche Faniilie der Maulwurfe und ihre Arten, nach 

 kritischen Untersuchungen. 



Sitzungsber. Math. Nat. Clas. K. Akad. Wissensch., Wien, (1) LIX, 1869, pp. 353-429. 



1875. Gill, Theo. — Synopsis of Insectivorous mammals, 



<Bull. Geol. and Geog. Survey of the Territories, No. 2, secoiul series, 1875, pp. 91-120. 



Comprises a review of the literature and classification of the insectivores, including 

 American forms, together with brief bibliography of works relating to American moles and 

 shrews. 



1826-1828. Godmax, Johx. — American Natural History. Mastology. 3 a-oIs. 8^. 

 1826-1828. 



Contains descriptions of Condi/lura crislata and Scalop.t aijualicKS, and an account of the 

 habits of the latter. 



1825. Harlax, Richard. — Fauna Americana. 8^. 1825. 

 Includes descriptions of American moles. 



1856. Kexxicott, R. — Zoology of Illinois, The silvery shrew mole, or ground mole 

 of Illinois — Scalops arycntaius, Aud, & Bach. 



<Prairie Farmer (newspaper), XVI, No. 50, Dec. 11, I80C. 



1884. Merriam, C. H, — The Vertebrates of the Adirondack region. 



<Trans. Linn. Soc, New York, II, 1884, pp. 48-G5. 



An important contribution to the natural history of Condylura and Parascalops. 



1867. Mivart, St. George. — Notes on the Osteology of the Insectivora. 



<Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, I, 1SG7, pp. 281-312, II, 1867, pp. 117-154. 

 A general treatise on the osteology, odontology, and classification of the Insectivora, 

 in which the American moles receive their due share of attention. 



1863. Peters W,— tJber neue Eichornarten aus ^Mexico, Costa Rica und Gnlaua, so 

 wie iiber Scalops latimanux Baclunann. 

 <Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wissensch. Berlin, 1803, pp. 652-056. 



