442 Fretp Musrum or Naturat History — ZodLoecy, Vor. XI. 
readily force their way through the tough sod, but excavate their 
burrows immediately beneath. Late in the autumn, when the ground 
becomes frozen to the depth of two or three inches, the Moles sink 
their galleries into the soft earth below, and as winter advances they 
doubtless continue to deepen them sufficiently to avoid the frozen 
ground.’’* 
Audubon and Bachman say: ‘‘In a few localities where we were 
in the habit, many years ago, of obtaining the Star-nosed Mole, it 
was always found on the banks of rich meadows near running stréams. 
The galleries did not run so near the surface as those of the common 
Shrew Mole. We caused one of the galleries to be dug out, and ob- 
tained a nest containing three young, apparently a week old. The 
radiations on the nose were so slightly developed that until we carefully 
examined them we supposed they were the young of the common Shrew 
Mole. The nest was spacious, composed of withered, grasses, and 
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Map illustrating supposed range of the eee Mole (Condylura cristata) in eastern North 
merica. 
*Mamm. Adirondack Reg., 1886, p. 146. 
