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  FAUNA. 
  

  

  ing-places 
  on 
  the 
  sea-shore, 
  and 
  find 
  a 
  ready 
  sale, 
  being 
  

   in 
  much 
  demand 
  by 
  epicures. 
  

  

  Our 
  small 
  green 
  lizard 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  chamelion, 
  although 
  

   popularly 
  so 
  called. 
  Nuttall 
  terms 
  it 
  the 
  chamelion 
  

   lizard. 
  

  

  The 
  tail 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  striped 
  and 
  large 
  redheaded 
  

   lizard 
  is 
  extremely 
  brittle, 
  and 
  in 
  consequence, 
  is 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  broken 
  off, 
  but 
  is 
  soon 
  restored 
  by 
  a 
  new 
  growth. 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Tropidolepis 
  undulatus, 
  in 
  our 
  col- 
  

   lection, 
  has 
  a 
  branched 
  or 
  double 
  tail, 
  for 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  

   its 
  length, 
  as 
  if, 
  mindful 
  of 
  the 
  adage 
  "two 
  strings 
  to 
  a 
  

   bow," 
  he 
  had 
  made 
  provision 
  in 
  advance 
  against 
  a 
  possi- 
  

   ble 
  repetition 
  of 
  a 
  catastrophe 
  which 
  had 
  deprived 
  him 
  

   of 
  the 
  original 
  member. 
  

  

  "We 
  have 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  Salamander, 
  a 
  slimy, 
  

   offensive 
  looking 
  reptile, 
  locally 
  called 
  the 
  Ground 
  puppy 
  , 
  

   some 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  figured 
  or 
  described. 
  

  

  Our 
  frogs 
  are 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  common 
  to 
  the 
  Southern 
  

   States. 
  

  

  Class 
  IY.— 
  PISCES, 
  OE 
  FISH. 
  

  

  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  MISSISSIPPI, 
  PREPARED 
  AND 
  

   REVISED 
  BY 
  PROF. 
  LOUIS 
  AGASSIZ. 
  

  

  PL.ACOBDS. 
  

  

  1. 
  Trygon 
  Sabina. 
  Les. 
  Sting 
  ray. 
  

  

  2. 
  Pristis 
  pectinatus. 
  Lath. 
  Saw-fish. 
  

  

  Sturione§. 
  

  

  3. 
  Scaphirhynchus 
  platirhynchus. 
  Shovelnose 
  sturgeon. 
  

  

  4. 
  Polyodon 
  folium. 
  Lac. 
  Spoonbill 
  sturgeon. 
  

  

  