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rowed claws; hind feet five-toed. Manners like 

 those of the mole. 



Chrysoc Capensis. Cape Chrysochlore. Smaller 

 than the European mole, and easily distinguished 

 by the golden green irridescence of ifc fur, which, 

 at the Cape of Good Hope, was formerly used in 

 the manner of velvet to cover seats with ; beneath, 

 the colour is brownish-grey. 



C. rufa and Hottentota, Smith. Rufous Chry- 

 sochlore Has only four toes on the hind feet, but 

 exceeds the European mole in size ; the colour is 

 rufous grey ; tail short. In this species the exter- 

 nal claw of the fore toes is longest; it has small 

 rounded external ears, and is likewise a native of 

 the Cape. 



Genus CONDYLURA, Illig. Radiated Moles. 

 Dent. form, incis. f, cones or premolars T 6 Q, mol. f 

 = 1 1 = 40. In the shape of their paws, and the 

 whole exterior, they resemble moles ; but the tail 

 is longer, and a marked distinction occurs in the 

 snout, the nostrils being surrounded by twenty-two 

 small cartilaginous and moveable points, forming a 

 kind of double star when expanded circularly. A 

 remarkable species is, 



CondyL cristata. Radiated Mole of North 

 America. Is little more than four inches long, 

 with eleven points round each nostril, forming the 

 double star. The fur is black, the feet white, and 

 the snout rose colour. A second species is, the 



C. longicaudata. Long-tailed Radiated Mole. 

 Somewhat larger than the former, with pentadac- 



