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culum, one of which may occasionally reach the preoperculum. A few reddish 

 orange dots, individually situated in the middle of a black spot, are occasionally 

 observed along the middle and upper part of the flanks. Whether these dots are 

 peculiar to the female or proper to both sexes, I am not prepared to say, from 

 want of sufficient information, upon that point. 



This species was first brought to my notice by M. Townend Glover, of Fish- 

 ki'i Landing, Dutchess Co., New York, who caught it in the upper affluent of 

 Union river, in the State of Maine, during the middle of September. I propose 

 for it the name of Salmo gloverii, as a token of gratitude towards an artist whose 

 labors, if promoted, would contribute so much to popularize natural history, and 

 spread its benefits throughout the country. 



A list of the North American Bufonids, with Diagnoses of New Species* 



By Charles Girard. 



1. Bufo americanus, Le Conte MS. Holbr. N. Amer. Herp. v. 1842, 17, 

 pi. iv. 



Inhabits the Atlantic States, from Maine to Virginia, extending through the 

 mountainous regions of the Carolinas into the valley of the Mississippi. It is 

 likewise found in the North Western States and Canada. 



2. Bufo lentiginosis, Holbr. N. Amer. Herp v. 1842, 7, pi. i. Rana 

 le7itigi?wsa, Shaw, Gen. Zool. iii. 1, 1803. 173. PI. liii. Bufo erythronotus , 

 Holbr. Ibid. 11. PI. ii. 



Ranges along the sea coast, from South Carolina to Florida, and following the 

 gulf through Alabama and Mississippi. Scattered individuals are met with 

 across the mountains to South Carolina. 



Bufo ctythrojiotus does not appear to us different from B. lentiginosus^ since 

 color alone cannot be taken as an exclusive guide amongst the bufonids. 



3. Bufo woodhousii, Girard. Bufo dorsalis, Hallow, (non Spix). Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sc. Philada. vi. 1852, 181 ; and in Sit.greaves Exped. Ziini and Color. 

 Rivers, 1853, 142. PI. xix. Head short and thick; upper central surface but 

 little depressed, not to say grooved ; the suborbital ridge being slightly elevated. 

 The occipito-temporal ridge is thicker, and hence a little more conspicuous. 

 Snout rounded, nostrils terminal. Mouth wide, upper jaw emarginated. Tym- 

 panum and parotids of moderate size. Limbs rather short and stout. First 

 finger much longer than the second. A large metacarpal disk. Toes semipal- 

 mated. Two metatarsal tubercles, a very large and a very small one. No 

 membranous fold at the inner lower edge of the tarsus. Papillae of medium 

 size upon the back. Inferior surface, with rather small and crowded granular 

 warts. Above dark brown, with numerous lines of yellow. A dorsal yellowish 

 vitta running the whole length of the body. Transverse blotches of black upon 

 the thighs and fore arms. Beneath ochraceus. 



The affinities of this species are intermediate between B. americaims and B. 

 lentiginoses. Its geographic range appears to be New Mexico, having so far 

 been found in the province of Sonora, and in the San Francisco mountains. 



4. Bufo cognatus, Say, in Long's Exped. to Rocky Mts. ii, 1823, 190. 

 Holbr. N. Amer. Herp. v. 1842, 21. PI. v. B. and G. in Marcy's Expl. Red 

 Riv. La. 1853. 242. Zool. PI. xi. 



A very characteristic species in the structure of the upper surface of head. 

 Found in the territory of Nebraska, and southwards as far as the province of 

 Coahuila, Mex. 



5. Bufo speciosus, Girard. Head moderate ; its upper surface smooth and 

 even, or with slight traces of ridges or carinae. Snout subtruncated and rounded; 

 nostrils subterminal. Mouth large, upper jaw slightly emarginated. Tongue 



* Specimens upon which these descriptions are based, are preserved in the 

 museum of the Smithsonian Institution, at Washington. 



