STAR-NOSED MOLE : ITS BREEDING HARITS. BISHOP. 



compact aud neatly made. Although the mound contained a 

 complete network of roadways, no earth was thrown to the 

 surface within ten feet of the nest. 



The young were probably ten days old, the fur just begin- 

 ning to start, which gave the skin a dark brown colour. They 

 were at once taken and preserved in spirits, and have since been 

 presented to the Provincial Museum at Halifax (accession, 

 no. 149.) 



