Nov., 1904.] Color Marking in the Prairie Mole. 
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May 8. 
Smilax hispida Muhl., Ulmus fulva Mx. , Morus alba L., Toxylon 
pomiferum Raf., Gymnocladus dioica (L.) Koch. 
May 9. 
Ulmus campestris Sm., Sassafras sassafras (L.) Karst., Diospyros 
virginiana L., Fraxinus nigra Marsh. 
May 10. 
Quercus imbricaria Mx., Rhus glabra L., Catalpa catalpa (L.) Karst., 
C. speciosa Ward. 
May 11. 
Morus rubra L. , Asimina triloba (L.) Dun., Tamarix galica L. 
May 12. 
Magnolia acuminata L., Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. 
May 13. 
Celtis mississippiensis Bose. 
illay 14. 
Ptelea trifoliata L. 
May 16. 
Chionanthus virginica L. 
UNUSUAL COLOR MARKING IN THE PRAIRIE MOLE. 
Lumina C. Riddle. 
During the spring of 1904 there was turned over to the 
Departnaent of Natural History of Washburn College, Topeka, 
Kansas, a peculiar mole which had been trapped in a yard near 
by. The specimen was prepared and placed in the Museum 
w'here it can be found at the present time. 
From general characters the mole was identified as a young 
adult male of the Prairie Mole, Scalops aqnaticus subspecies 
machrinus (Raf.) but presented some striking variations. From 
tip to tip it was 7)4 inches, or 5% inches without the tail which 
was \}/2 inches long, and nearly naked; the nostrils were some- 
what superior, the snout being inch long. Width of front 
feet 1 inch and length with claws, 1 inch. Width of hind feet, 
Yi inch, length of hind feet ^ inch. 
On the abdomen there was an irregular diamond shaped spot 
of fur 2 inches long and 1 Y inches wide which was bright orange 
in color. There were several tiny spots scattered here and there 
around the larger one and the fur al30ut the snout and front feet 
was tinged with the same color. The man who trapped the spec- 
imen said that of the hundreds he had taken in his lifetime this 
was the only one he had ever seen with color marking. 
