Notes ox Zapus Hudsonicus, Condylura Cristata 



AND SOREX PlATYSHINUS, BY ErXEST W. YiCKERS, 



Ellsworth. 



1. A mounted specimen of Z. hudsonicus, the long- 

 tailed-jumping or Kangaroo mouse was shown. It 

 was taken in a grain field, September, 1893, at Ells- 

 worth, Mahoning count^^ Two more were captured 

 and others seen in the following September. This 

 species is catalogued as an Ohio mammal in Volume IV, 

 Zoolog\' and Botany, of the Geological Survey- of Ohio, 

 with this statement for authority, "Mr. Langdon is 

 is recorded to have ' recognized it satisfactorily ' 

 although no specimen is actually recorded for the state." 

 We now have positive evidence that this rare mammal 

 is a resident of the state. 



Its grotesque manner of escaping from danger was 

 described. It springs from its hind legs, lands on its 

 fore legs, rises upon its hind legs and repeats the opera- 

 tion. The extreme distance of its leaps, viz: 9 to 12 

 feet, recorded by authors was not verified. 



2. A specimen of Condylura cristata, the star- 

 nosed mole, was exhibited and the statement made 

 that six specimens were captured at Ellsworth last 

 summer. The writer reported having found it plentiful 

 in Cuyahoga Co. Notice was also given of the capture 

 of one specimen in 1889 at Canton, Stark Co. 



3. Sorex platyrhinus, the Eared Shrew, is not in 

 the list of Shrews in the fourth volume of the Geolosf- 

 ical Surve3' ot Ohio, but examples exhibited, taken at 

 Ellsworth in July, 1893, is doubtless that species. The 

 size, color, dentition, large ears (for a mole), and shape 

 of nose agree with that species as descriljcd by 

 authors. 



Unusual Nestlng of the Dowxy Woodpecker, by 

 H. C. Oberholser, Wooster. 



The number of eggs laid by the Downy Woodpecker, 

 Z)r\'o/j^tes pi/ibescens, is considered b\' most writers as 



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