444 Fretp Museum or Narurat History —Zodrocy, Vor. XI. 
all over, he began on the eyes and then ate the brains where the head 
had been crushed by the trap, turning back the skin. By next morning 
the Deer-mouse (it weighed more than the Mole) was devoured, except 
the skin, which was neatly turned inside out, and the bones—even the 
smallest ribs were left intact and quite clean. During the previous 
evening he ate also 8 grammes of worms. I found, however, that he 
preferred the large fat white grubs that are found under manure piles 
(Lachnosterna fusca); for these he neglected both worms and Mouse. 
A large blue wasp he would not touch; also a stag-beetle and he lived 
amicably together till the end. He refused several kinds of farinaceous 
food.” t 
The curious fleshy projections on the end of the snout, from which 
the animal has derived its name, are believed to possess highly sensi- 
tive, tactile functions. 
Specimens examined from Illinois and Wisconsin: 
Illinois — (O.), Warsaw, Hancock Co., 1. 
Wisconsin — (M. P. M.), Newbold, Forest Co., 1; Medford, Taylor 
Co., 2; Merrill, Lincoln Co.,1;(O.C.), Mercer, Iron Co. (skull), 1=5. 
{ Life Histories of Northern Animals, II, 1909, pp. 1141-42-43. 
