TALPIDA:. — CLXXXIX. 329 
1085. B. parva (Say). Body stout; iron gray, with browa 
gloss. L. 33. T. 4, Penn. to Neb. and Tex., not rare. 
Famity CLXXXIX. TALPIDAQ. (THe Motes.) 
Body stout, thick, and clumsy, without distinct neck. Eyes rudi- 
mentary, sometimes concealed. No external ears. Limbs very 
short; feet greatly expanded and provided with strong claws, 
adapted for digging; anterior limbs much larger than posterior. 
Scapula as long as humerus and radius together. Canines usually 
distinct. Fur compact, soft, and velvety. Genera 11; found through- 
out the Northern hemisphere ; some of them digging elaborate bur- 
rows. (Lat., talpa, mole.) 
a. Snout elongated, not star-shaped at tip; tail shorter than head. 
b, Teeth 22= 36; nostrils partly superior ; tail nearly naked. 
Scators, 561. 
bb. Teeth 32= 44; nostrils lateral; tail densely hairy. Parascators, 562. 
aa. Snout elongated, fringed at tip with a circle of long fleshy projections; 
nostrils terminal; tail much longer than head; teeth 33— 44. 
ConpyLuRA, 563. 
561. SCALOPS Cuvier. (cxddo, mole, from oxddAa, to dig.) 
1086. §. aquaticus (L.). Common More. Dark plumbeous, 
paler below ; feet full webbed; palms broader than long; eye not 
wholly covered by skin. L. 5$. T. 1. Mass. to Ind., and S., 
very abundant. Subsp. machrinus (Rafinesque). Prarrie Mote. 
Silvery plumbeous; palms scarcely broader than long; larger and 
more silvery than the preceding. L. 64. T. 14. Mich. to Minn. 
and S., chiefly in the prairie region. 
562. PARASCALOPS True. (apd, near; Scalops.) 
1087, P. breweri (Bachman). Harry TAILED Moxie. Dark 
plumbeous, with brown gloss; palms narrow ; tail densely hairy. 
L.5. T.1. N.B. to Ohio and mts. of N. C. 
563. CONDYLURA Illiger. (kdévdvAos, node; ovpd, tail.) 
1088, C. cristata (L.). Srar-nosep Mots. Blackish ; skull 
long and slender. L. 63. T. 2%. Nova Scotia to Ind., and N. 
in Alleghanies, S. to N. C. (Lat., crested.) 
Orpver L. CHIROPTERA. (THE Bats.) 
Mammals with the anterior limbs modified for flight by the elonga- 
tion of the fore arm, and especially of four of the fingers, all of 
which are connected by a thin leathery membrane, which includes 
the hind feet and usually the tail; humerus and femur not included 
in the common integument of the body; teeth with enamel, the 
three sorts differentiated; mammez pectoral. The Bats are chiefly 
nocturnal in their habits, going into retirement in daytime, and 
