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Measurements of Xo. 939G. jf. 



Lcn<i;tli of bead and body O'ilJ 



Length of hoiul to rictus oris W't't 



Width of head at rietusoris Od*;") 



Length of fore leg from axilhi (dv! 



Length of hind leg from groin O-JH 



Length of tibia OO'.fJ 



Length of tarsus 00(i 



Length of remainder of foot 0113 



The color of the head is chestnut above, and it is thicivly niolth'd 

 with bhickislj specks beneath. Tiie upper jaw is dark biown and the 

 lower is dark jjrny. The iris is very dark p:ray. Tlie body is dark 

 brown along the vertebral line and is chestnut on either side of it ; the 

 Bides of the head and neck below the orbits and the Hanks are grayish ; 

 the throat aud abdoiueu lighter, all thickly sprinkled with blackish 

 specks. 



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The anterior extremities are chestnut-brown above and yellowish- 

 brown beneath. The posterior extremities are chestnur-brown al)ove, 

 with a few dark spots. The Enyifstomu varoUnvnut' ranges from South 

 Carolina to western Texas, in(;liisiv«', and northwards in the Missis- 

 sippi Valley to New Madrid, Mo. in Texas it is abun«lant in the north, 

 at Dallas; then at Houston, San Antonio, and northwest wanl to Fort 

 Concho. I heard it in the streets of Houston and San Antonio. In the 

 former city it was abundant, in copula, in the ditches that bonU-r some 

 of the streets, in September. The cry is loud for the si/e of tlie animal, 

 and is similar to that of the Bitfo americanus, except in being higher 

 pitched and more nasal (in the vulgar sense). The animals are ex- 

 tremely shy, and become silent on the a|)proach of human footsteps; 

 and as only the til) of their nose projects above the water-level, the.\ 

 disappear beneath it without leaving a ripple. 



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