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the type. This he has very kindly done, and his conclusion 

 is as follows : 



" I have carefully compared it with the type of Batra- 

 choseps pacificus and find them to agree completely. I have 

 no doubt they represent the same species. As for the origin 

 of our specimen I can only say that our record book shows 

 the following entry: '6733. Batrichoseps pacificus (Type) 

 Santa Barbara Cal. Dr. Hayes. 1881 Oct. 28. i.' 

 This entry is evidently made many years after the numbering 

 of the specimen which took place in 1866, probably at the 

 time tin-tags were substituted for the old labels most of 

 which w^ere destroyed as in this case. The entry is in an 

 unknown boyish hand and is probably made from the 

 destroyed label. The double error, i in Batrachoseps and e 

 in Hays, shows that it was made by an ignoramus. I can 

 find no other record of specimens received from the same 

 source, but in the S. I. reports from 1864-67 I find noted 

 that a Dr. W. W. Hays sent birds and fishes to the museum 

 from ' Southern California '. The Santa Barbara locality is 

 therefore not above suspicion. The other two specimens 

 credited in Cope's Man. Batr. p. 130 to B. pacificus, viz. 

 No. 4006 San Francisco, Cal. R. D. Cutts, have not been 

 seen here since I took charge of the collection in 1889. In 

 the record book there is entered in the remark column 

 'Destroyed (C)' (C) standing for Cope. The specific 

 name Batrachoseps pacificus is in Cope's handwriting, while 

 the locality San Francisco and the name of the collector are 

 in Prof. Baird's hand." 



In the light of all this it appears that the type of Batra- 

 choseps pacificus may perhaps have been secured on some 

 fishing trip from Santa Barbara to Santa Rosa or San Miguel, 

 and that the specimens from San Francisco most probably 

 were misidentified b}' Cope. 



Batrachoseps pacificus is a larger species than Batra- 

 choseps attenuatus . Its general appearance, owing to the 

 greater broadness of head and body, is very suggestive of 

 the various species of Plethodon. This resemblance is 

 carried further in one specimen by the presence of five 

 digits on one hind foot. Structurally, however, the species 



