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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. 



Indies. 



Length of the head and body . . 4 



„ head ... 1 



„ tail . . .2 



„ ,, including the pencil of 



hair at its extremity . . 3 



„ naked part of the nose, ex- 



clusive of the awl-shaped processes . 



Breadth of the palm . . .0 



Dimensions. 





Lines. 



Inches. 



Lines. 



3 



Length of the longest fore-claw . 



3 



6 



„ hind leg . . .0 



2 



6 



„ „ from the heel to the 







roots of the toes ... 



6 



3 



„ longest hind-toe and claw 



4 i 





„ „ ,, claw alone . 



3 



2i 

 4 



„ fur on the back , 



5 



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. 



Length of head and body 

 ,, the tail 



Length of the hind-foot, froi 

 the end of the middle-claw 



the heel to 



The native place of the specimen is not recorded. 



