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metatarsus with one tubercle ; vomerine teeth in two small groups 

 between the inner nostrils. 



a. Adult : fine specimen. New York. As Rana magna. 

 h. Adult. Philadelphia. From Mr. Cuming's Collection {Rana 

 fontinalis). 



c. HaK-grown. Georgia. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



d, e. Adult. North America. 

 /. Adult. North America. 



(j. Adult. North America. 



h. Adult : skeleton. United States. 



14. Rana mugiens. 



Bull-frog, Cat. Nat, Hist. Carol, ii. p. . t. 72 ; Dniibcnt. Did. Anim. 

 Qtiadr. Ovij). p. 655 ; Lacep. Quadr. OcijJ. i. 541 ; Bonnat. Ophiol. 



Rana catesbiana, Slinw, Zool. ill. p. 106. 



mugiens, 3Icrr. Tent. p. 175 ; Wagl. Si/st. p. 203 ; Tschudi, Batr. 



p. 79 ; Dum. ^- Bibr. p. 370. 

 pipiens, Harl. in Sillim. Jotirn. x. p. 62, and Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. 



Philad. V. p. 335 ; Cuv. Rbgne Anim. ; Holbr. N. Amer, Herpetol. 



iv. p. 77. pi. 18. 



Tympanum very large; skin smooth, without glandular folds; 

 toes broadly webbed, fourth one-foiu'th longer than third and fifth ; 

 metatarsus with one tubercle ; vomerine teeth in two groups between 

 the inner nostrils. 



a. Large specimen : bleached. North America. Old Collection. 

 h. Large specimen. North America. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



c. Large specimen. North America. 



d. Adult. North America. 



e. f. Adult : bad state. North America. 



g, h. Adult : stuffed. Delaware. Presented by Edward Doubleday, 



Esq. 

 i. Adult : sldn. North America. Purchased of Mr. Thomas. 

 h. Adult : skeleton. America. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



15. Rana lecontii. 



Rana lecontii, Baird ^ Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1853, p. 301. 



Snout moderately pointed ; tongue elongate ; tympanum half the 

 width of the eye ; skin quite smooth, on each side a glandular fold. 

 Above dark olive, with rather large, circular black spots, lighter in 

 the centre ; a whitish line from just below the eye to the shoulder ; 

 a black spot at the base of the arm in front. Metatarsus -mth one 

 tubercle ; vomerine teeth iu two small groups between the inner 

 nostrils. San Francisco. 



a, b. Half-groAm. Mexico. From M. Salle's Collection. 

 c. Half-grown. Mexico. From M. Salle's Collection. 



