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with red blotches on the
skin between the scales are
more than a simple va-
riety:

The turtles all came safe
and alive, and will doubtless
be a great treat to the French-
men. The little Storeria acupilo-
mainlata is a beauty, and will
doubtless give much pleasure.

The four skinks were all
alive: the three largest were
Plistiodon quinquelineatum, the
smallest, what is called P. fasciatium
It is uncertain as yet whether
it is not the young of the
other.

The frogs were Rana cla-
mata, largest, (and the Rana in
the little Hyla bag), the R. hale-
cina, an those green with oval
spots. The Hylas are H. tri-
seriata: H. versicoler, largest, and H. pickeringii. The first and last
are of same size: the former with
the stripes nearly parallel [a drawing]: the