. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 58 ORDEKS OP MAMMALSâMOLES AND SHREWS during the next hour, ten feet more. The total work consisted of sixty-eight feet of main hne, and thirt}'-six and a half feet of branches, mak- ing in all one hundred and four and a half feet. An observing farmer-boy, named Lawrence 1. End of nose. 2. Left forefoot. STAR-NOSED MOLE. Miller, once gave me a clear and intelligent description of a Mole's burrow which he uncov- ered and observed closely. It was a dome- shaped hole, two feet
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 58 ORDEKS OP MAMMALSâMOLES AND SHREWS during the next hour, ten feet more. The total work consisted of sixty-eight feet of main hne, and thirt}'-six and a half feet of branches, mak- ing in all one hundred and four and a half feet. An observing farmer-boy, named Lawrence 1. End of nose. 2. Left forefoot. STAR-NOSED MOLE. Miller, once gave me a clear and intelligent description of a Mole's burrow which he uncov- ered and observed closely. It was a dome- shaped hole, two feet below the surface of the ground, reached from above by a hole that ran down slanting into its top. Tlie burrow was a foot wide at the bottom, where three small gal- leries ran off about six inches, in different direc- tions. Near the top of the chamber was a sort of shelf, supporting a bed of soft material, and on this lay a Mole. The young are usually two in number. Besides the Common Mole, of the Eastern United States generally, we have the Prairie or Silver Mole of the prairie regions of the Mis- sissippi Valley; the Hairy-Tailed Mole of the Eastern United States, and the Oregon Mole of the Pacific slope. The Star-Nosed Mole, of the northeastern United States and Canada, is quickly recognized by the remarkable star-like appendage of eighteen ray-like points, with four more between them, on the end of its nose. THE SHREW FAMILY. Soricidae. North of Mexico, this Family contains about thirty-five full species, distributed throughout nearly every portion of North America south of a line drawn from the mouth of the Mackenzie River to Labrador. With most cheerful in- difference, they inhabit mountains, plains, swamp lands and sandy sea-coasts, hot countries and â cold. Everywhere, however, their noses are long and sharj), their eyes and ears minute, and the colors of all species are very sober, ranging from dull gray to brown, and ending in black. There are two species which ar
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