Illi: liATKACMIA OF NOKTII AMKIJICA. 



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opposite tlic iniddlcof tiu; tliiiil |)liiil;iii;:«'! of tli*- t'oiirlli toe, coinitiii;; 

 tiom the cud. In tlic cxtrt'iiie soiUlieni Innu tin- wi-h dcu's not extend 

 to tlic cxtreniitics of the diyits, Itiit Kiives tliire i)lnihinj;os of the foiutli 

 toe iibsohitel.v free. It is notched to a point a little pi(»xinial to tlie 

 distal end of the fourtii (lirst) plialan};e. Iletween t' esi^ eNtreniesof 

 pidination (represented by spi'ciniens .'Jl'Sand UriSl) all the inteiniediatt' 

 conditions may be found. Th(> internal metatarsal tulu'reie is sniidl 

 and narrow, with snbeonieal extremity; the external is a low lint rather 

 wide tuberosity. The liist linjicr is lon}j;er than the se«'ond. 



The northern forms are sometimes of a uniform (»li\e-l)rown above, 

 with a pale vertebral line, and with the abdomen indistinctly spotted. 

 Sometimes the uniform brown extends for a short distance on each side 

 (»f the |>ale vertebral line, exterior to which the surface has larjje brown 

 spots on a li^ht olive ground. In the southern forms the ground color 

 is lij-ht brown or olive, or evi'U clay color, with an irre.y:nlar brown band 

 on each side of the liiiht vertebral line. On each side ar«' larifiMlark 

 lirown spots with a reddish wait for a center. Spots on the posterior 

 leys like those on the back. IJelow unspotted. 



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Kii;. ^)^. -Hlll^l C'l/in/ifci. /IMS hiil'iihihm (Iroiii llairil, ". S. anil Mrxicaii I'lOiiinl Siiimvi ]. 



The northern and southern varieties nniy be thus delined in extrcMe 

 forms : 



lliail l."> tiiius ill Iciinlli; wcli cxlcndiiij; to tips ol' Icics, liii* dci'iily ciiiar^^iiiiilc ; 



imroliiid ulaiiil iiiidc I'loiinalc ; roldrs dark ; si/" lai;;c' II. r iiiliniiliii iisis. 



Head I limes in i(iii;tli; \v(d)s iikiic dft'idy iiolclncl, ami Iraxiiii; tliicf plialaiifics cil' 



liMiitli toe I'll I' : jiaiDtiiid sliortcr ; < 'iius lij^lit : si /r smaller 11. c Imloiihiliia. 



Theiearo, however, as niai'^speta in ens which are iidernu'diate between 

 these extremes as there are spiciniens uf (he hitter. Tliese represent 

 llie Unfit iiiiinisi ((jiliHs ("ope. Tiie Npeeiiiiens of the middle and south 

 • n L'ocUn M .aiitain region are rel'eialile to il, as uell as inaiiv from 



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