16 KEl'XILKS. 



(/. Half-grown : not good state. Mexico. From M. Salle's Collection. 



Belly black-spotted. 

 e, f. Half- grown. Vera Ci'iiz. Prom Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



16. Rana temporaria. 



Oesner, Hist. Anini. ii. p. 58 ; Aldror. Quadr. Diyit. Ovip. ii. p. 610 ; 



Linn. Faun. 8uec. i. p. 250; Rosel, Hist. Han. p. 1. t. 1-8. 

 Rana temporaria, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 357 ; Midler, Zool. Dan. Prodr. 



p. 35 ; JFahr. Faun. Grcenl. p. 124 ; Bonnat. Frpet. p. 3 ; Lacep. 



Quadr. Ovip. i. p. 528 ; Meyer, Syn. Rept. p. 12 ; Sturm, DeidschJ. 



Fauna, iii. Ileft 1 ; Donnd. Zool. Beitr. iii. p. 52 ; ScJtneid. Hist. 



Ampih. p. 113 ; Latr. Salam. p. 37, and Rept. ii. p. 150 ; Shaw, Zool, 



iii. p. 97. pi. 29 ; Baud. Rain. p. 16. pi. 15. f. 2, and Rejit. viii. 



p. 94 ; Merr. Tent. p. 175 ; Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 9 ; Risso, 



Hist. Nat. Fur. Merid. iii. p. 93 ; Cuv. Reyne Anim. ; Wayl. Syst. 



p. 203 ; Jenyns, Brit. Vertehr. p. 300 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; Schinz, 



Faun. Heir. p. 143 ; Schley. Faun. Japoti. pi. 3. f. 2 ; Tschudi, Batr. 



p. 79; Bell, Brit. Rept. p. 84; Eichw. Faun. Ca.<ipio-Cancas.^. 124; 



Dam. ^- Bibr. p. 358. 

 Rana muta, Law. Syn. Rept. p. 30. 

 scotica, Bell, I. c. p. 102. 



A. European specimens. 



* Eana oxyrhinus, Steenstrup, Amtl. Bericht ilber die xxiv. 

 Versammlung deutscJi. Naturf. Z'i'eZ, 1846, p. 131. — Muzzle 

 pointed ; first cuneiform prominent. 



a. Adult. Hanover. Presented by Dr. J. E. Graj-. 

 h, c. Adult and young. North Germany. Presented by Dr. J. E. 

 Gray. 



d. Adult. Gennany. 



** Rana platyrhinus, Steenstrup, I. c. — Muzzle short, blunt ; 

 first cuneiform bone hardly prominent, covered with a thick 

 membrane and forming a blunt tubercle. 



e. Adiilt. Hanover. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 f-h. Adult. Hanover. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 i. Adult. Hanover. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



k. Adult. Exeter. Mus. Leach. 



I, m. Adult and half-grown. Surrey. Mus. Leach. 



n-p. Adult. England. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



q-s. Adult. England. 



t-v. Adult. Braid Hill. Presented by Prof. Bell. 



w. Many specimens. Scotland. 



.r. Adult : skeleton. England. 



y. Adult : skeleton. England. 



z. Adult : skeleton. Scotland. 



*** Rana arvalis, Nilsson, Scandinavisl- Fauna, iii. p. 92. — 

 Muzzle moderate ; first cuneiform bone prominent. 



a. Adult. Sweden. Presented by Prof. SundevaU. 



