GILPIN ON NOVA SCOTIAN MASEMALS. 53 



Sorex Platyrinus, (Baird,) Eared Shrew. 



JSorex T/iomsoni, (Baird,) Tliomson's Shrew. ■ .y 



Sorex Acadica 9 (Baird,) Nova Scotia Shrew. 



Blarina Talpoides, (Gapper, Baird.) 



Blai'ina Brevicauda, (Say, Baird.) 



Blarina Angusticeps, (Baird.) 



Blarina Cinerea, (Backman, Baird.) 



Cond}fhtra Orisfaia, (Baird.) } a* T\r i 



^ 7"' 7 7,,r ^ /-TO- 11 N > otar-Rose Mole. 



Vondf/lura Mac/oura, (iiichardsou.) 3 



Of these species Palustris woald undoubtedly be placed in Baird's neir 

 genus, " Neosorex." I have put a mark of interrogation afcev "Acadica," 

 as it is as yet unde?cribed, except by myself, and may turn out " Thomi^oni," 

 (see Transactions, Nova Scutian Institute, 18(34). These long-tailed Shrews 

 are by no lueaas uncommon. Following other authorities, I have distinguished 

 '' Talpoides " from " Brevicauda," and thougb there is undoubtedly great 

 ■divergence in colour and size in our "Blarina," yet all the typical marks 

 remain the same. I have been fortunate in obtainios a specimen, I believe 

 the second one known of the very rare "Angusticeps." Of Moles I have 

 never met with one in the Province. They are represented by the one 

 species of Condylura which is comnioa. These Shrews brave the coldest 

 winter — their minute trscks are seen on snow, at least four feet above the 

 frozen ground, beneath which are their holes ; through this snow they must 

 penetrate in coming to the surface. They are seen swimming in ice mautied 

 streams Hunters cutting an ice hole in a froseu stream for a drink have 

 had them darting from below almost into their mouths, and as suddenly 

 plunging in again. 



CAEiHYOEA, — Flesh eaters. 



Zj/nx Rufus, (Guldensteadt, Baird,) lYild Cat. 



Lynx Qanadvensis, (Geoli, Baird,) ) t- 



Fdis Canadensis, (Richardson,) ^ Loupcervier. 



Canis Occidentalism (Eichardsou,) Wolf. 

 Vidpes Fulvus, (Richardson,) American Fox. 



Mustela Pennanti, (Erxleben,) Canadensis, (Richardson,) 

 Fisher. 



Mustela Americana, (Turton, Baird,) Martes, (Richardson,) 

 Marten. 



JPutorius Cicognanii, (Bonaparte, Baird,) Small Weasel. 



jPutorius Itichardsonii, (Bonaparte, Baird,) Erminea, (Rich- 

 ardson.). 



Putorius Noveboracencis, (Dekay, Baird,) White Weasel. 



Puiorius Vison^ (Richardson, Baird,) Mink. 



