304 ZOOLOGY. 



BUFO COLUMBIENSIS, Baird & Girard. 



The Colninbia Toad. 



Bu/o columbiensis, B. & G. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbilad. VI, 1853, 378.— Girard, Proc. Acad. So. VII, 1654, 87.— 

 Ibid. U. S. Expl. Exped. Herpet. 77, pi. V, figs. 4—9. 

 Sp. Ch. — Upper surface of head plane ; ekin adhering to the skull and granulated. Parotids and tympanum small. A mem- 

 branous tarsal fold ; toes palmated. A dorsal white vitta and an oblique dark patch beneath the eye. 



Found in Washington Territory west of the Cascade mountains. Nothing distinctive was 

 noticed in its habits. — C. 



EANA PRETIOSA, Baird & Girard. 



The Salmon Frog. 



Eana preliosa, B. & G. Proc. Acad. So. PhU. VI, 1853, 378.— In. U. S. Expl. Exped. Herpetology, 21, 1858; pi. II, 

 figs. 13—18 

 Sp. Ch. — Tympanum rather small. Hands smooth. Feet granulated underneath, fingers slender and tapering; toes webbed, 

 terminal joint of longest free. A small flattened horny process at the base of the inner toe and a minute conical tubercle 

 between the fourth and fifth. Two depressed dorsal series of pores, one on each side; a glandular ridge along the upper jaw. 



When living the colors in full grown specimens are : nose and cheek pea-green tinged with 

 gold; a stripe of the same hue down each side of the back. Remainder of back from C3'es to 

 tail reddish brown, with a black streak. Legs paler with transverse black bars. Flanks and 

 inner sides of thighs salmon red, growing darker towards feet. Belly white, sometimes with 

 brick-red spots; thighs posteriorly and sides spotted with white. A wood brown stripe on 

 each side of head; lips tinged with gold color. Size of body from two to three inches long. 



Younger specimens pale green above; thighs pale brown; no reddish tints beneath, white 

 spots larger and more numerous. 



I found frogs nowhere common in the Territory. The specimens described above were 

 found about springs near Shoalwater bay, and when alive are very beautiful and interesting 

 little animals. 



RANA HALECINA. 



The Spotted Frog. 



Flate XXIX, fig. 7. 

 Although the distance of locality, which gives the species a wider range than any other 

 reptile of the Atlantic coast, would a priori indicate distinctness of species, a careful 

 comparison by Frofessor Baird does not show any tangible points of diiference. Specimens of 

 this frog were collected at Fort Dalles. — S. 



HYLA REGILLA, Baird & Girard. 



The Oregon Wood-Frog. 



ffi/la regilla, B. & G. Proc. Acad. Nat. So. Phila. VI, 1852, 174 ; and 1853, 301.— Ibid. U. S. Expl. Exp. Herpet. 60, 



pi. Ill, figs. 13—18. 

 Hyla scapularis, Hallowell, Proc. Acad. So. VI, 1852, 183. 



Sp. Ch. — Vomerine teeth disposed upon two circular groups. Fingers free, toes semi-palmated. Skin above tuberculous, 

 beneath glandulous. Green, with orange reflections, sometimes maculated or banded with blackish brown. 



This brilliant little wood-frog abounds in some localities and at some seasons, but at others is 

 rarely met with, as it seems to seek the high trees. In September I found vast numbers of 



