92 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Scalops brezveri Abbott, Cook's Geol. of N. J., 1868, p. 752. 

 Scapanus brezveri Abbott, A Naturalist's Rambles, 1885, p. 

 449. 



Parascalops brezveri Rhoads, Mam. Pa. and N. J., 1903, p. 204. 



Genus CoNDYLURA Illiger. 



Star-Nosed Moles. 



Plate 41. 



Condylura cristata (Linnaeus). 



Star-nosed Mole. 



Length 6.80 inches. Hand similar to scalops, but weaker. 

 Color dark gray, with a brown tinge, paler beneath, tail long and 

 hairy, sometimes very thick at the base. Snout with a remark- 

 able naked appendage resembling a many-pointed star. 



This mole is more acquatic than the naked-tailed species, and 

 frequents meadows and the immediate vicinity of streams. 

 Floods do not seem to trouble it in the least, and it no doubt fre- 

 quently takes to the water of its own accord, as it has been 

 seen swimming by careful observers. 



This mole is very abundant in the northern half of the State, 

 but does not, so far as I am aware, occur in the pine barrens. 

 In southwestern New Jersey and along the coast strip to the east 

 it occurs rarely. 



Condylura cristata Abbott, Cook's Geol. of N. J., 1868, p. 

 752. — Abbott, A Naturalist's Rambles, 1885, p. 449. — Rhoads, 

 Proc. Acad, of Nat. Sci. Phila., 1897, p. 32. — Rhoads, Mam. 

 Pa. and N. J., 1903, p. 206. 



Order CHIROPTERA. 



Bats. 



Bats are the mammals of the air, being peculiarly modified 

 for flight, while they are unable to progress on the ground, ex- 

 cept by awkward leaps, or by flapping of the wings. 



