428 THE CAPE CHRYSOCHLORE, OR CHANGEABLE MOLE. 



SCALOPS, OR SHREW.MOLE.-5cs/ops aquaticus. 



of an ear, and the eyes are almost invisible. In size it equals the common European 

 Mole, being about seven inches in total length. 



Another similar animal, the Desman of Russia, has been frequently mistaken for the 

 Shrew-Mole, and can be easily distinguished at a casual glance by the greater length of 

 its tail, and its superior size ; its total length being sixteen or seventeen inches. 



CAPE CHRYSOCHLORE, OR CHANGEABLE MOLE. Chrysochlorls holoserlcea. 



The CHRYSOCHLORE or SHINING MOLE, or CHANGEABLE MOLE, has derived its various 

 names from the very peculiar character of its fur. 



The color of the Chrysochlore's coat is of a character that resembles " shot " silk, or the 

 peculiar changeable metallic radiance which is thrown from the feathers of many birds. 

 According to the light in which the animal is viewed, the fur is in some parts of a golden or 

 bronzed green, and in others of a bronzed red, these brilliant hues interchanging among 

 themselves as the animal moves, or as the light falls at different angles upon the fur. The 

 name Chrysochlore is derived from two Greek words, signifying gold-green, and is happily 



