THE BIRR }; < 



Orders of Bai r u b 



1. Bodj od 



en). 



2. B<'dy flat, \\ i Mud-pup| 







t. Body snake like; no feet, no tail I 



with 



great leapei tiled Unura I 



Order 1. Tr mata (S • i. — Tin gjular cr 



tures are eel-like in their form and movements, with . 

 on the sides of the head. They have no hind legs, and the 

 small weak fore-legs are three- or four-toed. Tl 

 siren, Sin i '••• Una, is two or threi _th, and 



!. It lives in swamps and bayous in the South- 

 ern S ecially rice lands. It lives in themui 

 on haul or swimming in the water. I - 

 to be earth-worms . etc. A smaller siren, ( . ( inches 

 in length with three toes and small gil 

 s. It is found in 



Order'!. Pr s; Nectur -. mud-puppy). — 



These Amphibians flat-bodied, with bushy thick g 



of a beautiful deep red beneath, with gill-o -. while 



the jaws are armed with small conical teeth. 



The ProU us of Austrian caves is blind; it has thn 

 in the fore-feet and two in the hinder pair. Our American 

 Protean is four-toed on all the The mild-pup] 



M oobranchus \ - all's) is a 1 . broad, flat- 



bodied, fish-like creature. It is brown, mottled with darker 

 Bpots; it has small eyes, and 8 inc t in 



;h. It inhabits the M — ssippi Valley, and tnon 



in the lakes of Central N 5Tork, when _ht with 



the hook and line. 1 - sily kept in confinement, eating 

 bits of meat. 



Ordi r 3. Un ■>'■ Ja (Salamand 

 Amphibians rarely have gills when mature, ti 

 in them being larval or transitory. The :ill long 



