THE r.ATKAl.'lllA OK NOUIIl AMKUICA. 



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I Iiiive also this spccit's IVoin iit-ai' SaliMii, in tin; Willamette Valley, 

 (>re;;(Hi, HO that it prohalily (ktui's tlii'(Hi,i;h(ml theeiitiie I'acilie rej;ioii. 



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 riiirird. Aniil-, l'llil(isi)|ill. Siu-., l"''^<), |i. .VJl. 



'I'his speci.s lias a siipci-rnial leseiiihlaiu'e to the /*. orctjoiuitsis, but 

 its iiiaiiiloltl (lilVeieiH-es are easily |)ei'i;eive(l. 



Tiie Wnm is (|iiite lolmsl, ami the head is larye, its width Koii.g into 

 th»; len!;tli to the thijuhs only live times. The tail is very much com- 

 pressed tVum the base, and is also shallow ; its length ecpnds the dis- 

 tanci' iVom ils iiaseto the ;4nlar Ibid. The le;4s are robust, but not very 

 Idiiu ; when a|»pressed to the side they Tail to meet by the lenj-th of the 

 posterior loot. 



The t(>n,i;ne is lar,i;e, tilliu";' the Moor ot the month. The vomeropala- 

 tine teeth aie in two short series, which eonver};e backwards, without 

 coinin:; into eontael, IVom behind the internal eye of theduKune. The 

 pirasphenoid teeth are in a single undivided patch, which commeuucs 

 well behind the vomeropalatiiu-s. The maxillary and uiandibular teeth 

 iii'e minute. 



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'I'he hcMtl \ lewed from above is oval; in profile the mu//Ie is thick 

 and Iriineale, ami prtijeels beyond the mouth. Theedneof the lip is 

 .>li,uh(ly an^iilal*' below the iiar»s. The eye is lather larj;e, its length 

 etpialin.-; that of lli»' niuzzle. The distance bet\vn'n the nostrils isecpia 

 lo that between the bases of the e\elidsat their middles. The toes 

 are sIkui and fiee, (Uie iihaiaii^t- of the first difiit tm eacdi foot |>roJect- 

 \\\%. The ends uf the tiu's aie obtus«' and bulbiform. A yular foUl. 

 liMteral folds foiirleeii. 



