TALPID^. CLXXXIX. 329 



1085. B. parva (Say). Body stout; iron gray, with brown 

 gloss. L. 3J. T. f Penn. to Neb. and Tex., not rare. 



Family CLXXXIX. TALPID^. (The Moles.) 

 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.) 



". Snout elongated, not star-shaped at tip; tail shorter than head. 

 *. Teeth f8=36; nostrils partly superior ; tail nearly naked. 



,, SOALOPS, 561. 



00. I eeth || == 44 ; nostrils lateral ; tail densely hair v. Parascalops, 562. 

 aa. Snout elongated, fringed at tip with a circle of long fleshy projections j 

 nostrils terminal; tail much longer than head; teeth || = 44. 



CONDYLUEA, 663. 



561. SCALOFS Cuvier. (o-raXoi/^, mole, from ctkoXXoi, to dig.) 



1086. S. aquaticus (L.). Common Mole. 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. maohrinus (Rafinesque). Prairie Mole. 

 Silvery plumbeous ; palms scarcely broader than long ; larger and 

 more silvery than the preceding. L. 6i. T. 1^. Mich, to Minn, 

 and S., chiefly in the prairie region. 



562. PARASCALOPS True, (n-apa, near; Scalops.) 



1087. P. brewer! (Baehman). Hairy tailed Mole. Dark 

 plumbeous, with brown gloss ; palms narrow ; tail densely hairy. 

 L. 5. T. 1. N. B. to Ohio and mts. of N. C. 



563. CONDYLUEA lUiger. (koVSuXoi, node ; ohpa, tail.) 



1088. C. cristata (L.). Star-nosed Mole. Blackish ; skull 

 long and slender. L. 6|.. T. 2f . Nova Scotia to Ind., and N. 

 in AUeghanies, S. to N. C. (Lat., crested.) 



Order L. CHIROPTBRA. (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 ; mammas pectoral. The Bats are chiefly 

 nocturnal in their habits, going into retirement in daytime, and 



