302 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



17. Vespertilio fuscus, Beauvois. — Carolina Bat; Dusky Bat. — 

 Much less common than the Red, though not nearly so rare as the 

 Hoary Bat. Specimens taken in Cincinnati by Mr. J. W. Shorten, and 

 at Madisonville by the writer. 



18. Vespertilio subulatus, Say. — Little Brown Bat. — Our most 

 common species, and said to be " abundant everywhere" in North 

 America {Jordan). Dr. Coues states that '*of the present species, 

 as many as ten thousand, by actual count, have been destroyed in one 

 building alone."* 



Order D. — Insectivora: Insect- Eaters. 

 Family VIII.— Talpid^ : The Moles. 



19. ScALOPS AQUATicus, Fischcr. — Common Mole. — Too common for 

 the welfare of our lawns and kitchen gardens in many neighbor- 

 hoods. In a remarkable albinotic specimen in the writer's collection, 

 taken at Madisonville, the basal five sixths or more of the pelage is 

 pure, snowy white, the extreme tips of the hairs being nearh^ normal 

 in color. Specimens showing orange-colored spots or streaks on the 

 ventral surface, and about the mouth, are of somewhat frequent occur- 

 rence. 



20. ScAPANUS AMERiCANUS (Harlan), Coues.f — Hairy-Tailed 3Iole; 

 '^ Black Mole.^' — I purposely transgress our limits at this point in or- 

 der to note the capture of this species near Rome, Adams Co., Ohio, 

 on May 19, 1877, by Mr. J. W. Shorten, to whom I am indebted for the 

 specimen. This is the most southern record for the species of which I 

 am aware, and the third specimen known from Ohio; the first two 

 specimens, taken near Cleveland, are mentioned by Professor Baird in 

 his " Mammals of North America" (Vol. viii., P. R. R. Reports, pp. 68- 

 70). Mr. Shorten informs me that it is not a rare species in Adams 

 count}^ where it is known by the local name of " the black mole." 



Family IX. — Soricid^ : The Shrews. 



21. Blarina brevicauda, Baird. — 3fole Shrew. — Our most common 

 representative of the family, inhabiting galleries in woods under the 

 fallen leaves. Unlike the mice, the members of this family do not 

 hibernate during the winter, but on the contrary are then exceeding- 



* Coues and Yarrow. Report upon the Collections of Mammals, etc., in vol. v. of 

 Wheeler's Survey, west of the 100th Meridian, Washington, 1875, p. 98. 



t See American Naturalist, March, 1879, p. 190, for correction in current nomenclature 

 of this species, by Dr. Coues. 



