232 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM ZOOLOGY, VOL. i. 



Podothecus acipenserinus Tilesius. 



One specimen, 7^ inches in length, from Port Angeles, Wash. ; 

 caught in the harbor. 



AMPHIBIA. 

 Plethodon intermedius Baird. 



Three specimens, 4^, 2^, 2% inches in length respectively. 

 The larger specimen has the dorsal band well developed ; this 

 band belongs to the epidermis, and disappears with its loss, 

 barely leaving a trace. In life this band was yellow. In addition 

 to the three adult specimens, several larval forms were taken. 



" Salamanders were quite plentiful in this lake, which is a small 

 body of water situated above altitude of about 5,000 feet, and 

 which flows into Fuca Straits by devious ways not always com- 

 mendable or satisfactory, especially should one desire to follow 

 them. This little creature when taken from the water appeared 

 to be about the consistency of jelly, and threatened to disappear 

 entirely when handled, but fortunately hardened in formalin. 

 They were quite abundant in certain places near the shore where 

 a brook flowed into the lake, and generally rested motionless 

 on the bottom, from which we seized them with our hands. 

 When disturbed, they scurried rapidly along, and either dis- 

 appeared in cloudy water, caused by the mud put into motion 

 by their movements, or else by burying themselves under stones 

 or debris of various material lying on the bottom." (D. G. E.). 



Rana agilis aurora B. & G. 



One specimen, 3.28 inches in length. 



Heel reaching to center of the orbit, black ear patch indistinct. 



Rana temporaria pretiosa B. & G. 



Nine specimens, Happy Lake, Wash.; 5,000 feet. These speci- 

 mens vary much in coloration. 



a. Length, 2.11 inches; no black blotches, a few warty protuber- 

 ances on back and sides ; light stripe on margin of upper jaw, 

 which extends back to arm ; brownish ear patch and a brown 

 stripe forward from each eye ; bottom of feet and buttocks granu- 

 lated ; belly plain, no dark mottlings under the head. 



b. Length, 2.29 inches ; color as in a, with a few small inky blotches 

 on back ; faint brownish bands on tibia and foot. 



