TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART II REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 

 BY FREDERICK W. TRUE. 



B. THE ALLIGATOR AND THE CROCODILE: 



33. The Alligator and the Crocodile 141 



F. TORTOISES, TURTLES, AND TERRAPINS: 



34. The Marine Turtles in general 147 



35. The Loggerhead Turtle 147 



36. The Hawk's-bill Turtles 149 



37. The Green Turtles 150 



38. The Soft- shelled tortoises 152 



39. The Snapping Turtles 153 



40. The Musk Tortoises ., 154 



41. The Fresh-water Terrapins 155 



42. The Diamond-hack or Salt-water Terrapin 156 



43. The Pond Tortoises 157 



'44. The Box Tortoises 158 



G. THE AMPHIBIANS: 



45. The Bull-frog . . . - 159 



PART III. FISHES. 

 BY G. BROWN GOODE. 



WITH DISCUSSIONS OF THE PACIFIC SPECIES BY DAVID 8. JORDAN AND TARLETON H. BEAN, NOTES ON THE FISHES 

 OF THE GULF OF MEXICO BY SILAS STEARNS, AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM JOSEPH W. COLLINS, N. E. ATWOOD, 

 MARSHALL MACDONALD, R. EDWARD EAHLL, LUDWIG KU.MLIEN, AND OTHER AUTHORITIES. 



H. THE FILE FISHFS, PIPE FISHES, AND ANGLERS: 



46. The Ocean Sun Fishes (OrtTiagoriscidos) 169 



47. The Porcupine Fishes (Diodontidce) 170 



48. The Bellows-Fish Family (Tetrodontida;) 170 



49. The Trunk Fishes (Oslraciontida) . 170 



50. The File-Fish Family (Baliatidw) 171 



51. The Sea-Horse Family (Hippocampidae) 172 



52. The Pipe- Fish Family (Syngnathidai~) 172 



53. The Devil Fishes (Antennariidoc and Maltheidte) - 173 



54. The Goose Fish (Lophius piscatorius) 173 



I. THE FLAT FISHES AND FLOUNDERS: 



55. Tho American Soles (Soleida) 175 



56. The Plaice (Paraliclithtjs dcntatus') 178 



57. The Bastard Halibut (Paraliclitliys maculosus) 182 



58. Tho Flat Fish or Winter Flounder ( Pseudopleuronectea americanua) 182 



59. The Flat Fishes and Soles of the Pacific Coast 184 



00. Tho Halibut (Hippoglossiu vu.li/aris) 189 



(il. The Sand Dab or Rough Dab ( Hippoglossoides plalessoides) 197 



(i'2. The Greenland Tnrliot (['latysomalicltt/iys hippoglossoides) 197 



63. Tho Pole Flounder or Craig Flounder (Glyplocephalus cynoglossus) 198 



64. Tho Spotted Sand Flounder (Lophopsetta maculata) 199 



