WEST VIRGINIA MAMMALS — KELLOGG 445 



from the central and southern portions of West Virgmia. The tunnels 

 made by this mole are frequently injurious to lawns and flower beds. 



Cabell County: 4 miles east of Huntington, 2. 



Greenbrier Coiinty: White Sulphur Springs, 3. 



Lincoln County: Mountains between Fourteen and Guyandotte River, 1. 



Ohio County: Oglebay Park near Wheeling, 1. 



Pendleton County: Franklin, 1. 



Pocahontas County: Cranberry Glades, 1; Travellers Repose, 1. 



Randolph County: Cheat Bridge, altitude 3,558 feet, 1. 



Wetzel County: 1. 



SCALOPUS AQUATICUS AQUATICUS (Linnaeus) 



Eastern Mole 



On July 4, 1895, a male of this animal was found dead by E,. S. 

 Matthews in a road on the side of a mountain in one of the northeastern 

 counties. Subsequent collecting has not revealed any further informa- 

 tion on its distribution within the State. 

 Morgan County: Berkeley Springs, 1. 



CONDYLURA CRISTATA (Linnaeus) 



Star-nosed Mole 



The star-nosed mole is an inhabitant of wet meadows, marshes, 

 and bogs in eastern and northern West Virginia. In June 1908, F. E. 

 Brooks (1911, p. 29) collected one on the bank of Big Run, Pendleton 

 County, and another near Osceola, Randolph County. A. B. Brooks 

 (1929, p. 539) recorded one from Deckers Creek, Monongalia County. 

 The National Museum party trapped one on June 18, 1936, in a 

 runway in moss covering the wet soil of Cranberry Glades. 



Pocahontas County: Cranberry Glades, altitude 3,300 feet, 1. 



Family SORICIDAE 



SOREX QNEREUS CINEREUS Kerr 



Cinereous Shrew 



This small shrew seems to be commonest in the bogs and forests 

 in the eastern mountainous portion of the State. It has been recorded 

 (A. B. Brooks, 1929, p. 540) from Oglebay Park, Ohio County, as well 

 as from French Creek, Upshur County, and Pickens, Randolph County 

 (Fred E. Brooks, 1911, p. 27). It was most frequently trapped by 

 Perrygo and Lingebach under the matted leaves on the hillsides about 

 30 to 40 yards from streams. The traps were set in the runways that 

 were exposed when the leaves were pushed aside. In the vicinity of 

 Cheat Bridge it was most plentiful in open tracts of deciduous and 

 coniferous woods. On several occasions while stalking birds, Perrygo 

 heard the rustling of dead leaves near his feet, and for an instant the 

 head or body of one of these shrews would appear. 



