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Blair Co. "Dr. J. A. Allen mentions a specimen from Hollidaysburg 

 which is in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts." 

 True, Revision 1. c., p. 73. 



Lycoming or Tioga Cos. This species, distinguished by him from Condy- 

 lura by its then current name, " Talpa americana, Black Mole," is given in 

 R. C. Taylor's list of the animals observed by him in the "northeastern 

 extremity of the Allegheny Mountain range in Pennsylvania." See Loudon's 

 Mag. N. Hist., 1835, vol. 8. 



Somerset Co. Specimen from New Lexington in Carnegie Museum, Pitts- 

 burg. Todd, 1901. 



Sullivan Co. Mr. Behr, of Lopez, has found several specimens in that 

 vicinity, most of which show conspicuous white markings on the head or 

 other parts of the body. An alcoholic example recently sent by him is in the 

 Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Rhoads, 1902. 



Washington Co. I examined a specimen mounted by J. S. Nease, secured 

 near Washington. Rhoads, 1902. 



Westmoreland Co. A specimen was secured alive in the open country 

 outskirts of Laughlintown, and another under a log in woodland not far 

 from the same place, in 1878. Rhoads. 



Western Pa. in general. My field experience and correspondence agrees 

 with that of W. E. C. Todd, who writes : " Brewer's is the common mole of 

 West Penna. All reported instances of Scalops from that region turn out to 

 be Parascalops." Rhoads, 1902. 



Records in N. J. A mounted specimen, labeled " New Jersey, Edward 

 Harris," has long since been in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- 

 phia. Harris was a resident of Moorestown, Burlington Co., N. J. It is not 

 likely that the specimen was taken in that county, however. Rhoads, 1902. 



General record. The Hairy-tailed Mole " is much less abundant than the 

 preceding {Scalops aquaticus~\ t to which it bears a great resemblance. This 

 mole seems to prefer low, wet grounds even more than the preceding species, 

 and burrows somewhat deeper," etc. Abbott, Geol., N. J., 1868, appx., p. 

 752. Regarding this statement Dr. True remarks: "No specimens are re- 

 ferred to, and I know of none from the state in any museum. It would 

 seem, therefore, that the occurrence of the species in New Jersey lacks con- 

 firmation." Revision N. American Moles, p. 73. The burden of proof in 

 this case rests with Dr. Abbott, with the probabilities against him. Rhoads, 

 1902. 



Habits, etc. I know of little that may be said to distinguish the habits of 

 this species from that of the naked-tailed mole, except that it is often found 

 in rather densely wooded tracts, a trait not noted in Scalops. It is also a 

 tiller of the arable soils of the farmer and gardener, being often plowed out 

 of the grounds in its haunts in western Pa., and in those regions seems as 



