O-G MAMMALIA: INSECTIVORA. — XLIX. 



10G9. S. hoyi Baird. Very small and slender; ears large; olive 



brown. L. 3. T. l 1 ,. Wis. to Nova Scotia and N. (To Dr. P. 



R. Hoy.) 



558. BLARINA Gray. (A coined name.) 



(i Teeth 32= ;?. (Bhirlna.) 



1070. B. brevicauda (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. 

 3L 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. 1. Vermont. (Lat., 

 narrow head.) 



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



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

 gloss. L. fy. T. £. 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., exUis, 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 i3 = 36; nostrils partly superior; tail nearly naked. 



Scalops, 559. 



bb. Teeth £J = 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 C'uvier. (o-(cdXo^, mole, from aica.\\a>, to dig.) 



1075. S. aquaticus (L.). Common Mole. Dark plumbeous, v 

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

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

 very abundant. 



1070. S. argentatus Audubon & Bachman. Prairie Moi.i . 

 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. 



