STAR-NOSED MOLE: ITS BREEDING HARITS.—BISHOP, 349 
compact aud neatly made. Although the mound contained a 
complete network of roadways, no earth was thrown to the 
surface within ten feet of the nest. 
The young were probably ten days old, the fur just begin- 
ning to start, which gave the skin a dark brown colour. They 
were at once taken and preserved in spirits, and have since been 
presented to the Provincial Museum at Halifax (accession 
no. 149.) 
