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FOOD HABITS OF THE COMMON GARDEN MOLE. 



a. Hemp, grass, and other kinds of seeds. 



b. Seven round? white parasitic worms about three-fourths of an inch long. 



c. Three parasitic worms, each about three-fourths of an inch long, found in stomach. 



d. Eleven specimens found in this mole's stomach ; many whole specimens, but badly 

 chewed. 



e. Five white parasitic worms. 



/. Nine Laeh/ioxli'rna or June beetle grubs. Entire skins present, with hard head-parts 

 pretty well chewed up. 



(h Stomach enlarged; covered on inside with black, warty growths. 

 )). Three white parasitic worms about three-fourths of an inch long. 



Total amounts of 50 specimens examined that contained food: 



Average of earthworms, 43.20 per cent. 



Average of beetles, 22.7 per cent. 



Average of grubs and larvse, 22.8 per cent. 



Average of vegetable matter, 3.7 per cent. 



Average of kinds of food rarely found, 7.6 per cent. 

 Seventeen stomachs contained nothing or only a small trace of food. 



