532 CANADA SHREW. 



coarsish hair: the feet far less than those of a 

 Mole: the eyes hid under the skin; the snout 

 edged on each side with upright vibrissae : the ra- 

 diated tentacula at the end of the nose are of a 

 bright rose-colour, and moveable at the pleasure 

 of the animal, so as either to be brought toge- 

 ther into a tubular form, or expanded in the form 

 of a star. 



It is said to inhabit Canada, but not to be very 

 common there. It occasionally burrows somewhat 

 in the manner of a Mole, but far less strongly, or 

 more slowly, and is said to pass a considerable 

 portion of its life beneath the surface of the snow. 

 One would be inclined to think that the remark- 

 able moniliform appearance of the tail in this ani- 

 mal, as exhibited in M. de la Faille's figure, may 

 be partly owing to the contraction of the inter- 

 stices of the joints in drying. 



It is evidently allied to the radiated Mole, but 

 if the figure given by M. de la Faille be accurate, 

 must surely be a very distinct species. 



