134 . Scientific Intelligence. 
pages 126-129 of this number have cited from Mr. Hall’s Report on 
the Geological Specimens. The Zoological and Botanical Re; 
connected with the volume contribute very largely to the value of the 
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that on Reptiles by Prof. Baird and Charles Girard; that on were | 
Prof. 8. S. Haldeman ; and that on Botany by Dr. John Torrey. 
The Report on aa oe besides notes on the known 
cies, Putorius vison, P. erminea, Meles labradoria, Gulo luscus, F 
nops, Baird. The first is from the Salt Lake Valley. It resembles the 
Vulpes fulvus, but besides other differences, its tail is six inches longer. 
Color of the back, a mixed grizzled gray, the hairs being dark browa 
at the base, then yellowish:white, and finally tipped with black. The 
toma is from the Prairie road to Bent’s Fort, where it was col- 
lected. by Koed ‘Abert. It is in size between P. borealis and Py bur- 
sarius ; the color is grizzled but lighter than in the P. bursarius; 
there is a strongly marked ee ‘Ciacular space eign ie ini 
diameter on each side of the h 
» Tho Report on Birds 4. oar ‘he new ‘spe cies Sialia 
awe the nsighbortod of the Salt Lake, and the Pipilo Alberti fom 
New Mexico, and notices of many known species. ist 1s 
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ining the names of. over 150 species of birds from west of the 
Mississippi, which are not described in Audubon’s ee hse 4 
_ Among the Reptiles, there are the following new species, the 
of which are illustrated with excellent figures. We cite the brie 
cific descriptions. soot Abe 
Siredon lichenoides, Baird.—Body uniform blackish din st cover al it wi 
licheniform patches of grayish ye yellow; snout rounded as 
ted; toes broad and 
Cnemidophorus tigris, Baird esa Givar —Scales on the suk : soa 
; fo oF indistinct stripes re | the dorsal reg sity real 
_Crotaphytus Wislizenii, Baird and — roporti narrow eee 
= ic plates and scales on the ris small. Yellowish ih 
spotted all over with small pa deeper brown or fap 
Ka, Girard, (syn. op! — thf, 2 
apy sary Pe foral fold Pines 
: ical in 6, etare fold 
Genus Urs Baird and Girard.— Upper part of the ‘ely Sry kere wit! te ale 
a 1 ' ry apertures; femoral pores, but no anal ones. — 
Via ana, Baird and Girard—Tail slender, elongated. the 
vided with larg d in yerticils; a si fold in addition to 
_ Beelopo us gractominy B. nnd G.— —Head subeonical teales of the back sroportio 
-, ally large; tail of medium size, slender and co 
re | Eilgaria seincicauda, B. and G. a Disk green above; light ash Sloe BOW. ‘leven 
transverse black a dors 
‘pogtetior!7s 8H-9F sere, on. the tail Thirteen to fourteen rows of sales, 8 
| Platodon eee B. and G. —Head 
of black. 
ut, very Jong, and subquadrangular ; olivaceous: roe with oor 
Genus # Cuncmtt, B. and @—Three pairs of frontal plates a mr small a 
* Ghar ia snd Boas a te 
