20 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



The Chrysochlores (Chrysochloris, Lacep.) 



Have, as well as the two preceding genera, two in- 

 cisors above and four below ; but the muzzle is short, 

 large, and elevated, and their fore-feet have but 

 three nails, of which the outer one is very large and 

 the others diminish in proportion. The hind-feet 

 have five nails. These are also subterraneous 

 animals, and their fore-arm is supported, for the pur- 

 poses of digging, by an additional bone placed under 

 the cubitus. 



The Chrysochlore of the Cape f vulg. Golden Mole. ( Talpa 

 Asiatica, Lin.) Schreb. CLVIL, and better, Brown, II L 

 XLV. 



Somewhat less than our moles, without appa- 

 rent tail. The only quadruped known which 

 presents any shade of those beautiful metallic 

 reflections, which glitter in such a variety of 

 birds, fishes, and insects. Its fur is green, 

 changing to the colour of brass or bronze. Its 

 ears have no conque, and its eyes are not per- 

 ceptible*. 

 The second tribe of insectivora have four large 



* The Red Mole of America, in Seba, I. pi. xxxn. f. 1, {talpa 

 rubra, L.) is probably of this genus; but the tucan of Fcrnandes, 

 ap. XXIV., which is confounded with it, appears rather a rat-mole, 

 by its long teeth in each jaw, and its vegetable regimen. It is pro- 

 bably to this first tribe of insectivora that the long-tailed mole be- 

 longs. Penn. arct. Zool. No. 68 ; but its dentition is not sufficiently 

 known to fix its place with accuracy. 



