LONG-TAILED MOLE. 
Talpa Longicaudata. T. fuscOj cauda mediocri, jjedibus jjenta- 
dactylis, posticis squamosis. 
Brown Mole, with tail of middling length, and pentadactyloi^s 
feet, the hinder ones scaly. 
Long-tailed Mole. Pennant Quadr, 2. p» 232. 
This is of the same general form with the com- 
mon Mole, but is of a rusty brown colour; the 
end of the nose is radiated by a circular series of 
longish papillae^ and the tail is two inches long: 
the claws on the fore feet resemble those of the 
common Mole; but those of the hind feet are 
very long and slender: the hind feet are also 
scaly on their upper surface. This animal is a 
native of North America. Its length from nose 
to tail is four inches and six tenths. 
RADIATED MOLE. 
Talpa Radiata. T. atra, pedibus albis, naribiis carunailaiis. 
Black Mole, with white feet, and nose radiated with papillae. 
Radiated Mole. Pennant Quadr. 2. p, 232. 
Sorex cristatus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 73. 
This is somewhat smaller than the common 
Mole, and is of a dusky or blackish colour. In 
general form it resembles the preceding species, 
having broad fore legs with long claws; the hind 
legs scaly and with much weaker claws : the nose 
loner, and beset at the end with a circular series of 
