326 MAMMALIA: INSECTIVORA. — XLIX. 
1069. S. hoyi Baird. Very small and slender; ears large; olive 
brown. L. 3. T. 14. Wis. to Nova Scotia and N. (To Dr. P. 
R. Hoy.) 
558. BLARINA Gray. (A coined name.) 
a. Teeth 32=22. (Blarina.) - 
1070. B. brevicauda (Say). Moxr-Surew. Size large for a 
Shrew; fur short and coarse; color dark ashy gray. L.4}. T. 1. 
Mass. to Va. and Dak., generally common. (Lat., short-tail.) 
1071. B. carolinensis (Bachman). Smaller; leaden gray. L. 
31. T. 4. Mo. to N. C. and 8. 
1072. B. angusticeps Baird. Skull unusually narrow; uniform 
plumbeous; tail as long as head. L.3}. T.1. Vermont. (Lat., 
narrow head.) 
aa. Teeth 30 = 18; tail bicolor. (Soriciscus Coues.) 
1073. B. parva (Say). Body stout; iron gray, with brown 
gloss. L. 3}. T.%. Penn. to Ga. and S., not rare. 
1074. B. exilipes Baird. Fur full; feet very small; hoary olive. 
L. 24. T.2. Va. to Ill and S. (Lat., ezilis, slender; pes, foot.) 
Famity CLXXXIX. TALPIDA. (THE Motes.) 
Body stout, thick, and clumsy, without distinct neck. Eyes rudi- 
mentary, sometimes concealed. No external ears. Limbs very 
short; feet greatly expanded and provided with strong claws, 
adapted for digging; anterior limbs much larger than posterior. 
Scapula as long as humerus and radius together. Canines usually 
distinct. Fur compact, soft, and velvety. Genera 7; found through- 
out the Northern hemisphere ; most of them digging elaborate bur- 
rows. (Lat., talpa, mole.) 
a. Snout elongated, not star-shaped at tip; tail shorter than head. 
6. Teeth 7 = 36; nostrils partly superior; tail nearly naked. 
ScALops, 559. 
bb. Teeth 33 = 44; nostrils lateral; tail densely hairy. . Scapanus, 560. 
aa. Snout elongated, fringed at tip with a circle of long fleshy projections; 
nostrils terminal; tail much longer than head; teeth 33 = 44. 
ConpyLuRa, 561. 
559. SCALOPS Cuvier. (oxddoy, mole, from cxaddo, to dig.) 
1075. S. aquaticus (L.). Common More. Dark plumbeous, 
paler below ; feet full webbed; palms broader than long; eye not 
whelly covered by skin. L. 54. T. 1. Mass. to Ind., and S., 
very abundant. 
1076. S. argentatus Audubon & Bachman. Prarrie Mote. 
Silvery plumbeous; palms scarcely broader than long; eyes covered 
by skin; larger and more silvery than the preceding. L. 61. T. 14. 
Mich. to La. and W., chiefly in the prairie region. 
