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Page 623. The note by C. C. A. accompanying P. puffinus refers most 

 probably to P. borealis, which is more common, and should 

 properly replace P. puffinus in our Catalogue. 



Page 624. [P. pelagiea] is Procellaria pelagica. 



Page 632. Add nigricollis, Brehm, Eared Grebe, to synonomy of C. cris- 

 tatus. 



Page 638. Add (Chelopus, Raf.) to synonymy of NANBMYS. 



Page 641. The following Sea Turtles should have appeared in the list of 



TESTUDINATA: CHELONHD^, 



Thalassochelys (Fitzinger) ; caretta (L.), Loggerhead 

 Turtle; Atlantic, north to Massachusetts. Reaches 400 

 pounds. DERMOCHELYDID-S], Dermochelys 



(Blainv.) ; coriacea (Vandelli), Leather Turtle, Trunk-back : 

 differs from the former in having no scales on feet. 



Page 643. Add " Spreading Adder " to local names of H. platyrhinus. 

 Add (Regina) to synonymy of T. leberis. 



Page 649. Add (SALIENTIA) as synonym to ANURA. 



Page 652. Add " Swamp Tree-frog " to O. trieeriatus. 



Add (Pleurodelidse) as synonym to SALAMAXDRID JE. 



Page 653. Add D. nigra (Green), Black Salamander, found in mountain 

 springs of Pennsylvania, to extra-limital faunal list. 



Page 654. Add erythronotus as synonym to P. cinereus. 



Page 655. AMBLYSTOMATID JE is preferable to AMBLY- 

 STOMIDJE. 



Page 656. Extra-limital to New Jersey occur the PROTE I DA 

 family PROTEID2E, Mud Puppies; Necturus (Raf.), 

 maculatus (Raf.), the Water Dog or Mud Puppy, abundant 

 in the great lake region, but also occurring in the Alleghany 

 system. (Menobranchus) is synonym of NECTURUS. These 

 are salamanders with external gills through life. Sometimes 

 called Water " Lizards." 



Page 657. The Amphioxus or Lancelot, a minute sea-fish and the simplest 

 organized of all vertebrates, properly must be included in our 

 List. It forms Class or Sub-Class Leptocardii, Order Cirro- 

 stomi, Family BranchiostomatidsB, Genus Branchios- 

 toma (Costa), Species caribaeum (Sundevall.) 



