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ish color. Though some examples had a pale area 

 in place of the usual dark lateral band, that of the 

 breeding male varied from a dull dark red to a deep 

 wine color on the trunk. Many had the lower sides 

 of their bodies variegated with dusky and the tops of 

 their heads finely granular. Desmognathus fusca 

 occurs very abundantly and some few examples of 

 Plethodon erythronotus were found, though the latter 

 did not appear to be so abundant as in the hemlock 

 forests near Port Allegheny. Though P. glutinosus 

 was not found at Gold Potter County it was met 

 with in the Allegheny Valley at Seven Bridges. 

 Other species about Gold were Diemictylus viride- 

 scens, Bnfo americanus, Hi/la pickeringii, Acris gryl- 

 lus crepitans, liana palustris, R. clamata, R. sylvatica 

 and Lampropeltis doliatus triangulus, Liopeltis ver- 

 nalis and Sternothaerus odoratus were reported 

 though not met with. 



The smaller headwaters in the Allegheny and 

 Susquehanna valleys offered the same meagre fish- 

 fauna as the Genesee and about the only fish were 

 Salvelinus fontinalis and Rhinichthys atronasus. 

 Near Brooklyn in Potter Co. Spelerpes bislineatus 

 was found and near Kilburne Natrioo sipedon. 



The writer, in company with H. W. Fowler, 

 spent their vacations for three years in the places 

 mentioned. Thinking the Geographical distribution 

 of the species listed proving of possible interest, they 

 are herewith presented. 



Thomas D. Keim, 



Stelton, N. J. 



LATE-BREEDING SPADE-FOOT TOADS, 



ETC. 



On the evening of August 4, 1915, enormous 

 numbers of Spadefoot Toads, (Scaphiopus hol- 

 broohi) appeared in Patchogue, Yaphank, Middle 

 Island and Coram. I made a twenty-five mile circuit 

 through the villages named, and found the toads in 



