326 MAMMALIA: INSECTIVOEA. XUX. 



1069. S. hoyi Baird. Very small and slender; ears large; olive 

 brown. L. 3. T. l. Wis. to Nova Scotia and N. (To Dr. P. 

 R. Hoy.) 



558. BLARINA Gray. (A coined name.) 



a Teeth 32 = ?. (Blarina.) 



1070. B. bievicauda (Say). MOLE-SHREW. Size large for a 

 Shrew; fur short and coarse ; color dark ashy gray. L. 4^. T. 1. 

 Mass, to Va. and Dak., generally common. (Lat., short-tail.) 



1071. B. carolinensis (Bachman). Smaller ; leaden gray. L. 

 3}. T. f . Mo. to N. C. and S. 



1072. B. angusticeps Baird. Skull unusually narrow ; uniform 

 plumbeous ; tail as long as head. L. 3. T.I. Vermont. (Lat., 

 narrow head.) 



aa. Teeth 30 = {; tail bicolor. (Soriciscus Coues.) 



1073. B. parva (Say). Body stout ; iron gray, with brown 

 gloss. L. 3|. T. f. Penn. to Ga. and S., not rare. 



1074. B. exilipes Baird. Fur full ; feet very small ; hoary olive. 

 L. 2|. T. |. Va. to 111. and S. (Lat., exilis, slender; pes, foot.) 



FAMILY CLXXXIX. TALPID^E. (THE MOLES.) 



Body stout, thick, and clumsy, without distinct neck. Eyes rudi- 

 mentary, sometimes concealed. No external ears. Limbs very 

 short ; feet greatly expanded and provided with strong claws, 

 adapted for digging ; anterior limbs much larger than posterior. 

 Scapula as long as humerus and radius together. Canines usually 

 distinct. Fur compact, soft, and velvety. Genera 7 ; found through- 

 out the Northern hemisphere ; most of them digging elaborate bur- 

 rows. (Lat., talpa, mole.) 

 a. Snout elongated, not star-shaped at tip; tail shorter than head. 



b. Teeth fi = 36; nostrils partly superior; tail nearly naked. 



SCALOPS, 559. 



bb. Teeth = 44; nostrils lateral; tail densely hairy. . SCAPANUS, 560. 

 aa. Snout elongated, fringed at tip with a circle of long fleshy projections; 

 nostrils terminal ; tail much longer than head ; teeth \\ = 44. 



CONDYLURA, 561. 



559. SCALOPS Cuvier. (ovcdAo^, mole, from o-KaXXw, to dig.) 



1075. S. aquations (L.). COMMON MOLE. Dark plumbeous, 

 paler below ; feet full webbed ; palms broader than long ; eye not 

 wholly covered by skin. L. 5. T. 1. Mass, to Ind., and S., 

 very abundant. 



1076. S. argentatus Audubon & Bachman. PRAIRIE MOLE. 

 Silvery plumbeous ; palms scarcely broader than long ; eyes covered 

 by skin ; larger and more silvery than the preceding. L. 6. T. l. 

 Mich, to La. and W., chiefly in the prairie region. 



