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PURPLE MOLE. 
Talpa Purpurasccns. T, nigra, purpurea nitens, pedibus pentU' 
dactylis, cauda alba. 
Black Mole, with a gloss of purple ; pentadactylous feet, and 
white tail. 
Talpa virginianus niger. Seb. i. J3. 51. ^. 32./. 3. 
This species so completely resembles the com- 
mon European Mole in almost every particular, that 
it might pass for a variety of that animal. Its co- 
lour is black, with a strong cast of changeable 
purple; and the tail is white. It seems to have 
been first described by Seba, and is, according to 
that author^ a native of Virginia. 
CAPE MOLE* 
Talpa Capensis. T. viridi-aurea, cuprco nitens, palmis tridac- 
tylis» 
Gold-green Mole, glossed with copper-colour, with tridactylous 
/ fore feet. 
Talpa Asiatia. T. ecaudata, palmis tridactylis, Lin. Syst. Nat, 
P' 73. 
Siberian Mole. Pennant Quadr. 2. jy. 235. 
This is rather smaller than the common Mole, 
and of the same general form, but has a short 
snout, and is destitute of a tail. The fore feet 
are formed like those of the' red mole, having only 
three claws, of which the exterior is by far the 
largest; the hind feet have five weak claws; but 
V. I. p. II. . 
