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are protected by a granulated skin, like shagreen. The sides of the feet are furnished with 
long, white hairs, which curve in over the palms. The (5) toes are very short, equal to each 
other in length, and, together with the back of the hands, are covered with hexagonal scales. 
The fore-claws are white, nearly straight, broadly linear, and acute, convex above, and flat 
underneath. The palms turn obliquely outwards, which causes the fourth claw to project 
rather furthest ; but the third one measures as much, the second is shorter, and the first and 
fifth are equal to each other, and a little shorter than the rest, 
The hind-feet are also turned obliquely outwards, and are scaly, with a few interspersed 
hairs above, and granulated underneath. The sides are narrow, and present a conspicuous 
callous tubercle, posterior to the origin of the inner toe. The hind legs are very short, and 
are clothed with soft brown hair, a tuft of which curves over the heel. There are no hairs on 
the sides of the hind-feet, like those which form a margin to the fore-ones. The hind-toes are 
longer than the fore-ones, and are armed with more slender claws, which are white, awl- 
shaped, curved, and acute. They have a narrow groove towards their points underneath, 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. Inches, Lines. 
Length of the head and body a » 4 3 Length of the longest fore-claw . 0 3 
3 head 4. : ‘ 1 6 na hind leg 5 * - 0 2 
oe tail . : 2 2 6 5 5, from the heel to the 
5 3, including the pencil of roots of the toes : ‘ 5 0 6 
hair at its extremity ‘ . 3 3 o longest hind-toe and claw 0 43 
= naked part of the nose, ex- 3 3 5, Claw alone » O 3 
clusive of the awl-shaped processes - 0 24 i fur on the back > 0 5 
Breadth of the palm 6 . - O 4 
The condylura longicaudata, described at page 13, has the scales on the feet, 
particularly the fore ones, more conspicuous, and with fewer interspersed hairs. 
There is a third specimen in the Zoological Museum which was procured at 
Mr. Brookes’s sale, which I suppose to be the condylura cristata of DEsMarEst, or 
the radiated mole of Pennant. 
Its colour is between umber and chestnut browns, and its tail is somewhat four- 
sided, slender, and tapering gradually from the root to the tip, which is terminated 
by a small pencil of hairs. The tail is obscurely scaly, and is covered with strong, 
short, tapering hairs. It is similar to the other two species in other respects, and 
has the same number of processes to its nose with the condylura macroura. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. Inches. Lines. 
Length of head and body . . - 5 3 Length of the hind-foot, from the heel to 
3 the tail a ¥en ae 2 6 the end of the middle-claw ‘ fee | 0 
The native place of the specimen is not recorded. 
