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only two specimens. The first was picked up under a haypole on a salt- 
marsh beside the Hudson and identified by Dr C. Hart Merriam. On 
June 28, 1878, Mr William Church Osborn brought me a perfect albino 
specimen of this mole which a gardener had caught near Garrison’s in 
Putnam co.” (98a, p. 343-44). ‘‘One specimen taken [in the Scho- 
harie valley]” (’98b, p. 357). 
I have found the hairy-tailed mole tolerably common at Peterboro, 
Madison co. and Elizabethtown, Essex co. 
Mr Savage has not found the animal at Buffalo, but I have seen a 
specimen belonging to Ward’s natural science establishment taken near 
Rochester. 
Condylura cristata (Linnaeus) Star-nosed mole 
1758 [Sorex] cristafus Linnaeus, Syst. nat. ed. 10. 1:53. 
1819 Condylura cristata Desmarest, Jour. de Physique. 89 : 230. 
1842 Condylura cristata De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 
Den 14s 
1884 Condylura cristata Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 2: 48. 
1896 Condylura cristata Fisher, The Observer. May 1896. 7 : 195. 
1898 Condylura cristata Mearns, Am. mus. nat. hist. Bul. ro: 344. 
Type locality. Pennsylvania. 
Faunal position. The star-nosed mole is a member of the boreal 
fauna, but it ranges far south of the limits of the boreal zone in cool, 
damp situations. 
Habitat. Swamps and soft damp ground. The tunnels inhabited by 
the star-nosed mole are often found partly filled with water. In its 
semi-aquatic habits this species differs strikingly from the two other 
moles found in New York. 
Distribution in New York. This species is the most widely distrib 
uted of the moles that occur in the state It is probably an inhabitant 
of every county. The exact details of its range however remain to be 
determined. 
Principal records. De Kay: “The star-nose is abundant throughout 
New York.” (’42. p. 14). Merriam: ‘The star-nosed mole is a com- 
mon animal along the outskirts of the Adirondacks, where it seems to 
manifest a predilection for moist situations” . . . (84d, p. 48). Fisher: 
“The star-nosed mole is far less common than the preceding species 
[ Scalops aguaticus],and usually inhabits wet meadows near streams though 
occasionally taken in dry soil” (’96, p. 195). Mearns: ‘This singular- 
jooking animal is not uncommon [in the Hudson highlands)” 
('98a, p. 344). 
