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DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGICAL MISCELLANY. 

 A Call for Contributions. 



All members ot the Society are earnestly requested to con- 

 tribute whatever of interest they may have observed or learned 

 concerning quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, or other 

 animals. 



All such articles, of sufficient novelty or importance to be 

 printed, will appear in connection with the name of the author. 

 Many of our members are naturalists: many are hunters, anglers, 

 and sportsmen, and certainly ought to contribute something to 

 these pages, and to the advancement of the Society and the growth 

 of science. Send your articles to Wm. Hubbell Fisher, editor of 

 this department, care of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 

 No. 108 Broadway, or to Room 13 Wiggins Block, Cincinnati, O. 



Mammals. 



We are indebted to Mr. x^mos W. Butler, of Brookville, 

 Indiana, for the following items, as to Common Meadow Mouse 

 and Common Mole. 



Arvicola ripariiis — Commom Meadow Mouse. — October 11, 

 1886, several females were taken in my yard. Of three examined 

 all were far advanced in pregnancy. Two contained six : one, 

 three young. They were found frequenting some sweet potato 

 ridges, near which was a plat of blue grass. Near the latter they 

 were very destructive, but as the distance increased from the un- 

 broken sod their ravages decreased. They worked lengthwise of 

 the ridges, eating many of the potatoes. The largest tubers were 

 selected, and all that was left of some was a thin shell with an 

 opening into the capacious cavity the little rodents had made. It 

 seems probable, considering the condition of the females, that 

 these hollowed-out potatoes may have been intended as resting 

 places. • 



Scalops aguaticus — Common Mole. — Observed one at work 

 November 9, 1886. The day previous the thermometor registered 

 18°. November 13, one was observed at work beneath the 

 snow. November 21, one was noticed at work. 



Amos W. Butler. 



