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TALPID^— TALPA 



say, does not apply to the females, which dig their runs in all 

 directions, so as to form no recognisable high-road. This fact 

 was discovered by le Court and verified by Mr Adams. In 

 both types, there are sometimes to be found certain partially or 



Fig. 2. — Encampment of Mole. ^ male, 5 female, ( O J fortress, k/v.-\ tunnels, 

 O outlets for earth (diagrammatic, after Adams). 



completely open surface-furrows, which are usually known as 

 " coupling runs," " rutting angles," ^ or traces d' amour. These 



^ Angle, a name given to the holes or runs of animals, such as badgers or field- 

 mice, and in some places to artificial burrows used for capturing rabbits in warrens, 

 is not connected with "angle," a worm for fishing, or "angle-dog," a Devonshire 

 name for an earthworm {see Wright). 



