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the sand there. I also obtained a fragment of a shell of this species 

 at the mouth of the Devil's River. 



3. Eutainia sirtalis, Baird & Girard. Tropidonotus sirtalis, 

 Holbrook. (Garter or Striped Snake). — We met with no snakes 

 till we reached the chute on the Rouge called " Huckle-berry Ra- 

 pids," and sometimes " Black-lead Falls," from the quantity of 

 Graphite in the Crystalline Limestone there, in the 30th Lot 2nd 

 Range De Salaberry. Here this species was quite numerous 

 amongst the Limestone rocks in open places, at the end of July 

 and beginning of August, and at Hamilton's Farm August 31st, I 

 saw one plunging about in the river, having apparently accident- 

 ally fallen in from off the steep bank, but it reached the shore and 

 escaped amongst the herbage before I could secure it. In my 

 way down to Grenville on 12th October, I saw great numbers 

 lying crushed on the road through the Townships of Harrington 

 and Grenville. No other Ophidian Reptile was seen, but reports 

 of a " Water Snake," said to inhabit the lakes, came to my know- 

 ledge. 



4. Rana Catesbiana, Shaw, pipiens, Holbrook. (Bull Frog). 

 — Abounds in every lake and pond throughout the district, and 

 the curious tadpoles of this species were to be seen during the 

 whole season. 



5. R. nigricans, Agassiz. (see Agassiz, " Lake Superior " p. 

 879). — Abundant at Sixteen Island, Chain, and Sugar-bush Lakes, 

 Montcalm, at the end of May and June. 



6. R. pipiens, Gmel., halecina, Holbrook et aliorum. (Leopard 

 Frog) Abundant in Sugar-bush Lake, Montcalm, in June. 



7. Hyla versicolor ? Le Conte. (Tree Frog). — "Tree Frogs" 

 probably of this species were said to have been heard about Six- 

 teen Island Lake at the end of May. None were obtained. 



8. Bufo Americana, Le Conte (American Toad). — Common 

 throughout the district. When camped at the Indian Village on 

 the Rouge, Lot 1G, Range 7, Arundel, it was most extraordinary 

 to watch the toads assembling at night round our fire, attracted bv 

 its light, and after staring at it with astonishment for a few mi- 

 nutes, suddenly jump into it and quickly scramble out again half 

 roasted. On Slst July at " Huckleberry Rapids," vast numbers of 

 little toads were hopping about in the bed of a small creek there. 



9. Pletlwdon erythronota, Green. (Red-backed Salamander). 

 — Abundant under the bark of dead logs &c. , :n the Townships 

 of Wentworth and Montcalm in May. 



