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are of forms not hitherto reported from this region. The 

 vahie of these records is increased by the changes that arc 

 taking place in the fauna. There can be Httle question that 

 the continued deforestation and denudation of the area is 

 being accompanied by the widespread extermination of 

 amphibians and reptiles. Furthermore, the additional mate- 

 rial from this interesting section" of the country will be useful 

 in revisional and distributional studies. 



Xo general description of the region can be given, as the 

 writer spent his whole time (July 4 to 22, 1919) in the vicinity 

 of Henry, in Henry County. This particular locality is about 

 on the divide between the Mississippi and Tennessee drainage 

 systems in the northeastern portion of this section of the state. 

 It is mostly upland with numerous small permanent ponds or 

 pools on clay soil, with some deciduous woods and much land 

 under cultivation. "Bottom lands" are common, where slow 

 streams meander along wooded flats, terminated usually 

 abruptly on either side by the better drained upland. 



The writer is pleased to acknowledge the kindness of Dr. 

 Leonhard Stejneger in loaning the material in the collection 

 of the United States National Museum, of Professor Alex- 

 ander G. Ruthven for the privilege of reporting upon his col- 

 lection and of making use of the facilities of the Museum of 

 Zoology of the University of Michigan, and of Dr. Emmett 

 R. Dunn, of Smith College, for identification of Burycea bis- 

 lineata cirrigera and other salamanders in the collection. 



The common or English names that appear in the notes are 

 those in use by the people in and near the town of Henry. 



