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hastened by the unconscious agency of “ the little gentleman in black,” 
who was so often toasted afterwards by the Jacobites. 
No. 122. TALPA MICRURA., 
The Short-tailed Mole ( Jerdon’s No. 67). 
Hasitat.—The Eastern Himalayan range. 
Native NaMes.—fariam, Lepcha ; Biyu-kantyen, Bhotia (Jerdon). 
DEscriPTion.—Velvety black, with a greyish sheen in certain lights ; 
snout nude ; eyes apparently wanting. Jerdon says there is no perfora- 
tion of the integument over the eyes, but this I doubt, and think that 
by examination with a lens an opening would be discovered, as in the 
case of the Apennine mole, which M. Savi considered to be quite 
blind. I hope to have an opportunity of testing this shortly. The feet 
are fleshy white, also the tail, which, as its specific name implies, is very 
small. “There are three small upper premolars between the quasi- 
canine tooth and the large scissor-toothed premolar, which is much 
developed.” 
Size.—Length, 4# to 5 inches; head alone, 17; palm with claws, 
_ ¥ inch ; tail, 3; of an inch or less. 
Jerdon says: ‘This mole is not uncommon at Darjeeling, and many 
of the roads and pathways ‘in the station are intersected by its runs, 
which often proceed from the base of some mighty oak-tree to that of 
another. If these runs are broken down or holes made in them they are 
generally repaired during the night. The moles do not appear to form 
mole-hills as in Europe.” Jerdon’s specimens were dead ones picked up, 
as the Lepchas do not know how to trap them. 
No, 123, TALPA MACRURA. 
Lhe Long-tailed Mole (Jerdon’s No. 68). 
Hasitat.—Sikim. 
DeEscripTion.—Deep slaty blue, with a whitish or hoary gloss, 
iridescent when wet ; the tail covered with soft hair. 
SizE.—Head and body, 4 inches ; tail, 1¢ inch ; head alone, t} inch ; 
palm, ? inch. 
No. 124, TALPA LEUCURA (BZjth). 
The White-tailed Mole. 
Hasirat.—Sylhet, Burmah (Tenasserim), 
DESCRIPTION.—Similar to micrura, but with a short tail covered with 
white hairs, and it has one premolar less. 
