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we may include the star-nosed mole, an animal of the coast district 

 to the east. As a further proof it may be stated that the seven- 

 teen-year cicada appeared in 191 1 in great numbers in the oak 

 timber about South Lakewood and Ridgeway, and it is a well 

 known fact that this insect is absent from the true pine barren 

 areas of New Jersey. 



On Staten Island, as previously recorded,^ the star-nosed mole 

 has been found at Woodrow and Silver Lake, and numerous 

 skulls have been discovered in the pellets of barred owls. 



2 Proc. Staten Isl. Assoc. Arts and Sci. 2: 67, 133, 141, 142, 170. Octo- 

 ber, 1907-May, 1909. 



