BREWERS SHREW MOLE. 
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nearer the star-nosed mole [Condylura cristata) than any species of shrew 
mole. Its burrows are neither as extensive or so near the surface of the 
earth as those of the common shrew mole. We observed that the meadows 
in the valleys of Virginia, where this species is found, seldom exhibited any 
traces of their galleries, which are so conspicuous where the common spe- 
cies exists. We only possessed one opportunity of seeing this species alive. 
It ran across the public road near the red sulphur springs in Virginia ; in 
its mode of progression it reminded us of the hurried, irregular and awkward 
manners of the common shrew mole. It had, as we ascertained, pursued its 
course under ground, at about five inches from the surface, until it reached 
the trodden and firm gravelly road, which it attempted to cross and was 
captured. It evidenced no disposition to bite. From the fact of our having 
seen three specimens, which were accidentally procured in a week, we 
were led to suppose that it was quite common in that vicinity. We have 
not found its nest, and regret that we have nothing farther to add in regard 
to its habits. 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 
Our first specimen, as we have stated, was received from Martha’s Vine- 
yard. Our friend, the late Dr. Wright, procured four specimens in the vi- 
cinity of Troy, N. Y. We obtained specimens in Western Virginia. It no 
doubt exists in all the intermediate country. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
We suspect that this species has hitherto been overlooked in consequence 
of its having been blended with the common shrew mole. We observed 
two specimens in the museum of the Zoological Society, London, origi- 
nally marked ‘^Talpa Europea from America.” On examining them, 
however, we found them of this species. 
