472 HISTORY OP 



vittatusl gartersnake: C. punctatus; greenish orange below^ 

 a light ring around the neck: C. amoenus; light brown with 

 violet reflexions, head very small: C. eximius ; house-snake. 



The above species are at present included in several genera. 



Heterodon platirhinus ; viper, harmless. Trigonocephalus 

 contortrix ; copperhead. 



Sauria — Lizards. 

 Tropidolepis undulatus; inhabits \voods, brown, mottled, 

 scales very rough, tail long, active, innoxious. Scincus fascia- 

 tus ; back with 5 yellow stripes, tail blue. 



AMPHIBIA. 



Ranapipiens; bullfrog: R. halecina ; shadfrog, green with 

 black spots : R, sylvatica; woodfrog, reddish brown, 2 inches: 

 R. palustris; brown, with rows of square dark brown spots, 3 

 inches: R. gryllus ; 1 inch long. Hyla versicolor; treefrog, 

 treetoad. Bufo Americanus ; toad. Salamandra erythronota; 

 S. cinereain : woods, under logs and stones: S. longicauda : 

 S. maculata] S. fasciata] S. venenosaT 



PISCES— Fishes. 



Of the fifty species of this class which are probably found 

 in our waters, we are not prepared to give a complete list, as 

 we have not yet compared the greater part of our specimens 

 with authentic individuals from other states ; and we are there- 

 fore in doubt as to the names they ought to bear. This remark 

 applies particularly to the species first made known by Dr. 

 Mitchill, and which were found in the waters of New York. 



The several dams in the Susquehanna, have nearly cut off 

 the supply of the shad, so important an article in domestic 

 economy, until a recent period, that families within twenty 

 miles of the fisheries, thought it impossible to pass through a 

 season unsupplied with a barrel of salted shad. 



Fishing is not conducted upon an extensive scale at present, 

 the seine being employed for the shad and herring alone. The 



