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SOME INSECT EATERS 



byways or streets leading in every direction. In the 

 skeleton (Fig. 52) we observe the powerful limbs, huge 



Fig. 51. — Nest of a Mole. 



claws, long skull with minute, sharp teeth, all telling of 

 the adaptation by nature of this little animal to a life in 

 the ground. 



Fig. 52. — Skeleton of a Mole. 



Very similar to the moles are the shrews (Fig. 53), but 

 they have delicate feet and do not burrow, following their 

 pursuit of insects above the ground. The broad-nosed 



