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Webster 1987). The original source of this record seems uncertain, 

 and it is accompanied by a question mark on the distribution map in 

 Fig. 1. Robeson Co.: near Lumberton, early Dec. 1943, A. M. Ivey 

 (Brimley 1944-1946). Sampson Co.: near Garland, 13 May 1918, J. F. 

 Johnson (Brimley 1923, Brimley 1944-1946, Paradiso 1959). Washington 

 Co.: Wenona, early Nov. 1992, E. R. Rainey (Brimley 1923, Brimley 

 1944-1946, Paradiso 1959). Watauga Co.: Boone, four specimens, 19 

 May 1918, (Brimley 1944-1946). Yancey Co.: ca. 7 mi. W. Burnsville 

 along Lickskillet Branch, ca. 1981. J. McFee (Allen C. Boynton, 

 pers. comm.). 



Lee (1987) and Webster (1987) reported C. cristata from Moyock 

 in Currituck County, based on a specimen from the digestive tract of 

 a mink obtained from a fur dealer in that town and reported by Wilson 

 (1954). However, Wilson (1954) indicated that some of the mink in 

 his study were taken in Camden and Dare counties, and no specific 

 locality was given for the specimen from which the mole was retrieved. 

 That it was from Currituck County is possibly an erroneous assumption. 

 It is therefore accompanied by a question mark on the distribution 

 map. Regardless, this record affirms the presence of Condylura in the 

 northeastern corner of the state. 



Clark et al. (1985) suggested the occurrence of Condylura in 

 Bladen and Hoke counties (no specific localities given) based on the 

 presence of mole runs "almost certainly made by this species." Lee 

 (1987) reported C. cristata from McCain, Hoke County, citing Clark 

 et al. (1985) as the source. That paper does not, however, contain a 

 clear reference to the species' occurrence at McCain. Lee (1987) 

 further reported observation of "burrows and mounds of Condylura" 

 from West End, Moore County, in 1980. Since these records did not 

 involve the observation of actual specimens, they are accompanied by 

 question marks on the distribution map. 



Lee (1987) also reported C. cristata from Green [sic] County, 

 "pre-1950," citing Clark et al. (1985) as the source, but that paper 

 contains no reference to the species occurring in Greene County. Neither 

 are there records from that county in the North Carolina State Museum's 

 files, hence, it is not included on the distribution map. 



Two additional reports of C. cristata from the Piedmont of North 

 Carolina are as follows. 



Randolph Co.: 2.1 mi. SSE Ulah, off SR 2843 < 0.1 rdmi. SE 

 jet. NC 159. John Schneider, a horticulturist with the North Carolina 

 Zoological Park, reported (personal communication) a specimen that 

 was captured and badly mangled by his dog in March or April, 1991. 

 I visited the site in July, 1994, and found no obvious signs of fresh 



