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race of Scalops aquaticus found in western Ohio and the Mississippi Valley 

 beyond, is of a much lighter (silvery or yellowish drab) color. Whether a 

 modified form of this race (machrinus} is to be found in Pa., in the lowlands 

 of Greene, Washington and Beaver counties, is worthy of research. So far 

 no specimens of any other moles than Brewer's and the star-nose have been 

 received from western Pa., nor do I know of any authentic records of Scalops 

 from there. 



Another animal confounded with the mole is the large mole shrew (Blarina 

 brevicauda), but they are immediately separable by an examination of the 

 fore feet, those ef the mole being flat, wide, circular and ten times the size of 

 the shrew's, the latter resembling those of a mouse. In color the two 

 animals are quite similar, as also in the peculiar quality of the fur. 



Measurements, Total length, 162 mm. (6^4 in.) ; tail vertebrae, 27 (i T V) > 

 hind foot, 16.5 (i). 



Genus Parascalops True, Diagnoses of New North American Mammals, 

 1894, pt. 2 (Proc. N. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 17, p. 242). 



Brewer's Mole, Eastern Hairy-tail Mole. Parascalops breweri 

 (Bachman). 



1844. Scalops breweri Bachman, Boston Journal Natural History, vol. 4, 

 P-32- 



1895. Parascalops breweri True, Science (U. States) (new series), vol. r, 

 p. 191. 



Type locality. New England? Said (erroneously, fide Miller) by Bach- 

 man to be from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. 



Faunal distribution. Canadian, transition and (rarely?) edge of upper 

 austral zones ; Gulf of St. Lawrence to western Ohio ; northern New Jersey to 

 North Carolina, in the mountains. 



Distribution in Pa. and N.J. Investigations carried on in Pa. since Dr. 

 True's "Revision" of onr moles show that breweri is the common mole of 

 the more mountainous portions of the state and that west of the higher water- 

 shed of the Allegheny mountains, even in the lowlands, it wholly replaces 

 Scalops aquaticus. 



Only one N. J. specimen is known to me. The northern mountains of the 

 state, we are morally certain, will be found to harbor it. 



Records in Pa. Allegheny Co. Specimens from Pittsburg and Carnot in 

 the Pittsburg Carnegie Museum. Todd, 1901. 



Beaver Co. Specimens from Beaver, ditto. Todd, 1901. 



Butler Co. Several specimens from Leasureville, ditto. Todd, 1901. 

 Three of these are in my private collection. Rhoads, 1902. 



