1887.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 241 



My owD specimen is from the same place. Professor Cope named this 

 species " from the aboriginal name, jTt'Aa, of the grand peak of Northern 

 California, Mount Shasta. From the same name the town of Yreka 

 derives its name." I can think of no better English name than Mount 

 Shasta Salamander. 



Diemyctylus torosus Esch. Pacific Water Lizard. 



Found throughout the region. Very abundant in small streams in 

 Shasta and Humboldt Counties. The orange color of the under parts 

 appears to vary considerably with the season from yellowish to reddish 

 tints. The animals congregate in shallow water in the fall, a dozen or 

 more often being visible at once. They are hardy, and may be kept 

 alive without water for a long time. Professor Cope (Proc. Phila. Acad., 

 1883, p. 28) says the species is entirely aquatic, but I have certainly 

 found it among damp logs away from water. 



ANUEA. Frogs and Toads. 

 Bufo halophilus Baird. BairWs Toad. 



Obtained by Professor Cope at United States fishery establishment 

 on McCloud River. 



Hyla regilla Baird. Pacific Hyla. 

 MeCloLid River; not uucommou; also Fort Crook, Captain Feilner. 



Rana pachyderma Cope. Thick-skinned Frog. 



Described by Professor Cope from specimens from McCloud River, 

 where it is rather common. 



LIST OK WOKKS AXD WiaTTEX KECOKDS REFERRED TO IN THE PRESENT PAPER. 



1857. — J. S.Nttwberry, M. D. Pac. R. R. Surv., vol. vi. Pt. iv, Zool.,chap. i, Mammals; 



cbai^. ii, Birds. 

 1857.— S. F. Baird. Pac. R. R. Surv.,vol. x. Pt. iv, Zool., No. 4, Reptiles. 

 1859-1861. — Capt. Joliu Feilner and Lieut. D. F. Parkinson, Smithsonian Mus. Cata 



logna, vols, iv and v. Entries of numerous specimens of birds collected at 



Fort Crook, N. Cal. 

 181)5. — Capt. John Feilner. Smithsonian Report, 1865. Explorations in N. Cal. in 



1860, under auspices of Smithsonian Institution. 

 1866. — Wm. Vuille. Smithsonian Mus. Catalogue, vol. viii. Entries of specimens of 



birds collected at Yreka, N. Cal. 

 1879. — H. W. Heushaw, U. S. Geographical Surv. Rept. ou ornithological collec- 

 tions made iu portions of California, Nevada, and Oregon in 1877-'78. 

 1883.— E. D. Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philada., 1883, p. 23. Notes on reptiles 



from McCloud R., N. Cal. 

 1883.— H. C. Yarrow. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 24. Check-list of N. A. Reptilia 



and Batrachia, with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. 

 1883, '84, and '85. — C. H. Townsend. Smithsonian Museum Catalogues. Current 



vols. 

 Entries of more th^n one thousand birds, together with several hundred mammals 

 ind reptiles collected in Northern California. 

 Proc. y. M. 87 IG 



