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eighty-seven plates of original figures, illustrating the genera and species, and including 

 details of external form and osteology. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1859. 

 C4to, 4 p.l.,xi-xxxiv, 73.5 pp. + (part II, 1-55 pp.), 733-764 pp., 87 pi. (29 col.)-|10 ; 

 with col.pl. $15.] 

 Prof. Baird recognized the following groups and number of species : — 



Admit- Doubt- 

 Soricid£E :— ted. ful. 



Neosorex(p. 11) 1 (1 new). 



Sorex(p.]3) 12 + 4 (7 new). 



Blariua (p. 36) 7 (3 new). 



Talpidaj : — 



c 1 ( Scalops (p. 58) 2 



S^^^^^P^ i Scapanus (p. 58 2 + 1 



Condylura (p. 71) 1 



Urotrichus (p. 76) 1 (1 new). 



Allen (J. A.) Catalogue of the mammals of Massachusetts; with a critical revision of the 

 species. < Bull. Mus. Comp. ZooL, I, No. 8 = pp. 143-252, 1 1., 1869. 



Mr. Allen has greatly reduced the number of species admitted by his predecessors, 

 and has only recognized seven as inhabitants of Massachusetts, viz : — 



Soricidfe : — 

 Neosorex (p. 211), 1 = Sorex, doubtful sp. of Baird. 

 Sorex (p. 212), 3 + 1 =; 4 sp. of Baird. 

 Blarina, 1 = 7 sp, of Baird. 

 Scalops, 2 = 2 sp. of Baird. 

 The following article, although more fragmentary and of less general interest than the 

 preceding, is noteworthy as containing the original descriptions of several of the best 

 known American insectivores : — 

 Gapper (Dr. — ). Observations on the quadrupeds found in the district of Upper Canada 

 extending between York and Lake Simcoe, with the view of illustrating their geographical 

 distribution as well as of describing some species hitherto unnoticed. < Zool. Journ. V, 

 201-207, 1830. 



Contains description and figure of the Sorex talpoides. 



Sorex Forsteri (p. 201, pi. 7 = Sorex platyrhinus, Baird), Sorex talpoides, n. sp. (p. 208, 

 pi. 8 =: Blarina talpoides, Baird, Allen). 

 Gilpin (J. Bernard). On the mammalia of Nova Scotia. No. II. [Talpidae, Vespertili- 

 lonidge, Felidfe, Canidse.] < Trans. Nova Scotian Inst. Nat. Sc. (Hal.), II, part III, art. 

 l=pp. 8-15, 1854. 



TALPID^.^ 



TALPIN^. 



Sculopcs. 



Bai-rington (Ddines). Account of a mole [Scalops?] from North America: In a letter to 

 Dr. Maty, sec. R. S., from the Hon. Daines Barrington, F. E. S. <Philos Trans. Royal 

 Soc. Lond., LXI, art. xxxiv = pp. 292-293, 1771. 



Woodruff (Samuel). The mole (Scalops Canadensis, Cuv.) carnivorous. < Am. Jour. Sc. 

 & Arts, xxviii, 163-17J, 1835. 



Bachman (J.) Observations on the genus Scalops, (shrew moles,) with descriptions of 

 the species found in North America. <( Abstract) Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., I, 40-41 ; 

 1841 ; (in full) Boston Jour. Nat. Hist., IV, No. 1, art. Ill = pp. 26-35, Jan. 1842. 



Cassin (John). [Remarks on a new species of Scalops — S.metaUeicens — from Oregon.] 

 <Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. VI, 242, 1853. ■ 

 Not described. 



Le Conte (John). [Remarks on the specimens of Scalops in the collection of the academy.] 

 <Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila., VI, 326-327, 1853. 



Kennicott (Robert). Zoology of Illinois. The silvery shrew mole, or ground mole of Illi- 

 nois — Scalops argentatus, Aud. & Bach. < The Prairie Farmer, XVI, No. 50, Dec. 11, 

 1856. 



*The following articles are also noteworthy : — 

 R§dare8 (M. ) Manuels Roret. — Le chasseur taupier ou I'art de prendre les taupes [talpaj par des raoyeng 



Rurs et faciles ; precede de l«ur histoire naturelle .... Nouvelle edition, augraent6e d'un traitS aur la 



destruction des animaux et des insectes nuisibles au jardinage. Ouvrage orne de figureo. Paris, la 



librairie encyclopedique de Roret, . . . 1850. [19rao, 83 pp. 2 pi. J 

 Eimer (Dr. Th.) Die Schnautze des Maulwurfs [Talpa] als Taatwerkzeug. <Archiv. fiir mikrosk. Anat., 



VII, 181-191, pi. 17, 1872. 



