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1085. B. parva (Say). Body stout ; iron gray, with brown 

 gloss. L. 3. T. |. Perm, to Neb. and Tex., not rare. 



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 1 1 ; found through- 

 out the Northern hemisphere ; some of them digging elaborate bur- 

 rows. (Lat., talpa, mole.) 



a. Snout elongated, not star-shaped at tip; tail shorter than head. 

 b. Teeth fg= 36; nostrils partly superior ; tail nearly naked. 



SCALOPS, 561. 



bb. Teeth ff = 44 ; nostrils lateral ; tail denseh r hairy. PARASCALOPS, 562. 

 aa. Snout elongated, fringed at tip with a circle of long fleshy projections ; 

 nostrils terminal; tail much longer than head; teeth f = 44. 



CONDYLUKA, 563. 



561. SCALOPS Cuvier. (o-KciAo^, mole, from aKoXXto, to dig.) 



1086. S. aquaticus (L.). COMMON MOLE. Dark plumbeous, 

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

 wholly covered by skin. L. 5. T. 1. Mass, to Ind., and S., 

 very abundant. Subsp. machrinus (Rafinesque). PRAIRIE MOLE. 

 Silvery plumbeous ; palms scarcely broader than long ; larger and 

 more silvery than the preceding. L. 64. T. l\. Mich, to Minn, 

 and S., chiefly in the prairie region. 



562. PARASCALOPS True, (irapd, near; Scalops.} 



1087. P. breweri (Bachman). HAIRY TAILED MOLE. Dark 

 plumbeous, with brown gloss ; palms narrow ; tail densely hairy. 

 L. 5. T. 1. N. B. to Ohio and mts. of N. C. 



563. CONDYLURA Illiger. (Kov8v\os, node ; ovpd, tail.) 



1088. C. cristata (L.). STAR-NOSED MOLE. Blackish ; skull 

 long and slender. L. 6f . T. 2|. Nova Scotia to Ind., and N. 

 in Alleghanies, S. to N. C. (Lat., crested.) 



ORDER L. CHIROPTBRA- (THE BATS.) 



Mammals with the anterior limbs modified for flight by the elonga- 

 tion of the fore arm, and especially of four of the fingers, all of 

 which are connected by a thin leathery membrane, which includes 

 the hind feet and usually the tail ; humerus and femur not included 

 in the common integument of the body ; teeth with enamel, the 

 three sorts differentiated ; mammas pectoral. The Bats are chiefly 

 nocturnal in their habits, going into retirement in daytime, and 



