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mother mole, being surprised on the nest, had burrowed 

 straight down, and was perhaps boring away below while 

 I was exploring the nest above. 



The Rev. J. Grierson, already mentioned, describing 

 the mole's dwelling, says, " a jakes, or place for retiring 

 to when about to evacuate the faeces, is always found 

 at a little distance from the nest, say nine or ten inches." 

 This I have never been able to discover, nor do I expect 

 to do so. 



Cadet de Vaux says (p. 196) that the nest is lined 

 with fur, which is recognisable by its tawny colour as 

 that torn from the mole's belly. This may possibly 

 refer to the other species, T. caeca, but I have never 

 observed this peculiarity with our English mole. He 

 also asserts (and my observations confirm his) that the 

 mole never resorts to his last year's nest {giie), but one 



After C. E. Wright. 



Fig. 16. — I.— Latest nest, a— bolt-run. 

 2. — Previous nest, b — Violt-run. 

 3. — First nest, c — bolt run. 

 e, e. — Exits in floods. 



frequently finds two or even three nests in close con- 

 junction in the same fortress. Only one of these is fresh 

 and inhabited, the others being old and discarded. The 



