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places within the Transition and Canadian zones. It is often found 

 in company with personatus but is rather more abundant than 

 that species. Have collected it at French Creek, Cranberry Glades, 

 Terra Alta, Pickens, Osceola, and in other localities. 



The Smoky shrew is slightly larger than the common shrew but 

 otherwise resembles it quite closely. Its habits are much the same 

 These shrews, on account of their diminutive size and retiring 

 habits, are rarely seen even in localities where they are abundant. 

 Their small size, very small eyes, pointed nose and soft, silken fur 

 will serve to distinguish them from all species of mice, and their 

 long tails from the two shrews described next. 



Short- tailed Shrew, Blarina hrevicauda Say. 



Common everywhere in woods, fields and about gardens and 

 lawns, may be distinguished from moles by its much smaller size 

 and small, mouse-like forefeet. Eats great numbers of injurious 

 insects. 



Little Brown Shrew, Blariva parva Say. 



Has been collected at White Sulphur Springs by Thaddeus Sur- 

 ber. Smaller than the short-tailed shrew. Sepia brown above and 

 ash gray beneath. Habits are supposed to agree with those of 

 other shrews. 



Naked-tail Mole, Scalpos aguaticus Linn. 



I have no records of this mole from West Virginia but from iis 

 known distribution in other states it should be found in our coun- 

 ties lying east of the Allegheny Mountains. Very similar to the 

 next species except that the tail is not hairy. 



Brewer's Mole or Hairy-tail Mole, Parascalops hreweri Bach. 



The common mole of all our region east of the Allegheny Moun- 

 tains, live underground and feeds almost exclusively on an animal 

 diet. Earthworms are one of its favorite foods although it takes 

 grub-worms and other subterranean insects. In making its bur- 

 rows through the soil it frequently casts out the earth and forms 

 small mounds on the surface of the ground. Its large, hand-like 



