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Plethodon oregonensis (Girard). 



Six examples from California (Sausalito and Russian River). 

 Three also from the "Northwest Exploring Expedition." 



Hemidactylium scutatum (Schlegel). 



Thirteen from : New Jersey (Cape May and Swartswood Lake) ; 

 Pennsylvania (Fallsington) ; Indiana (Brookville) ; Illinois (Chicago) . 



Batrachoseps attenuatus Eschscholtz. 



Fifty examples from California (Russian River, Oakland, San 

 Francisco, Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara). There is considerable 

 variation in this series. Specimens from San Francisco and Santa 

 Barbara are smaller and darker than specimens from the Russian 

 River and Oakland. The proportions seem about the same, though 

 the tails are longer in the Oakland lot than in any of the others. 



Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope) is said by Van Denburgh^^ to be 

 restricted to the islands off the coast, and thus Santa Barbara is not 

 the type locality, as he points out very clearly. Our two specimens 

 from Santa Barbara, though in rather poor condition, are certain!}^ 

 not this form, agreeing best with B. attenuatus. 



A specimen from Pasadena, California (H. N. Rust), represents 

 B. major Camp. The legs are stouter than in any of our large series 

 of B. attenuatus. There is also no trace of the lateral stripe usually 

 so prominent in that species. 



Batrachoseps nigriventris Cope. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1869, p. 98. Ft. Tejon, California. (Nos. 

 481 and 482, A. N. S. P., types, Dr. G. H. Horn.) 



We cannot see that these two specimens differ in any way from 



small and dark examples of B. attenuatus. The fore limb does not 



reach to the angle of the mouth, much less "nearly to the orbit," 



and the hind limb extends over only four costal interspaces instead 



of six. 



SALAMANDRID^. 



Salamandra perspicillata (Savi). 



Fourteen from Italy (C. L. Bonaparte) and four from Dalmatia. 



Salamandra salamandra (Linn6). 



Twenty examples: Europe; Italy (C. L. Bonaparte); Taurus 

 Mountains in Asia Minor (Drs. S. A. S. and D. G. Metheny). 



Salamandra atra Laurenti. 



Three from Europe. 



" Proc. Cat. Acad. Sci., (3) IV, No. 1, 1905, pp. 6-7. 



