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beneath, with black specks. It has
only four toes on the hind foot: There
are only two other American Salaman-
ders with this peculiarity.
Eutainea. Marked Saurita by you.
This is not Saurita, but comes near prox-
ima. I am inclined to consider it a
new species. I had received the only
other specimen ever seen, a few weeks
before, from Illinois. This is a very beau-
tiful snake.
Eutainea sirtalis. This species is
probably as named, although I do not feel
certain that it will not prove different.
Specimens from Michigan have red spots
between the scales, on the sides. Yours
I suspect to be the same, with the red
faded.
Nerodia sipedon young. Black
with transverse white lines on the back.
The specimens of the two species
of Storeria are very fine: the best 2
ever seen.
The little Hyla pickeringii is the
first I ever received from the West. The
Hylodes Taenialus (one specimen) I had re-
ceived from Wisconsin: Yours is its most sou-
thern limit, as far as known.
The Aphredoderus is the Fish of
which you sent two specimens before. It
looks much like a perch, with the prickly
fins: but there is only one dorsal, in the
middle of the back. Get a large num-
ber of these in the spring.
The Paecilia. you will easily recognize
by the sketch. Of this and others like
it, collect a great many specimens. This