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tion, by my friend, J. W. Milner, of the United States Fish Commission, is of 
considerable interest on this account. He found at that point the following 
species, which had not been previously known to occur east of Georgia or 
South Carolina :—Batrachia: Manculus quadridigitatus, Bufo quercicus, 
Engystoma carolinense. Reptilia: Oligosoma laterale, Abastor erythro- 
grammus. To this it may be added that Stephen G. Worth recently 
obtained near Fayetteville, North Carolina, the Bascanium flagelliforme, 
and the true Hyla delitescens of Holbrook. I here mention also that several 
years ago Dr. J. E. Holbrook sent me just before his death a colored 
drawing of a Hyla from 8. E. Georgia, made by his friend Dr. Harden, 
which is probably the H. carolinensis, but which differs from the typical 
form of that species in having a white triangle on top of the muzzle, 
covering the space between its apex and a line connecting the anterior 
parts of the orbits, as in the H. leucophyllata. A specimen representing a 
variety of Humeces anthracinus Baird, was sent me from Mobile by Dr. 
Jos. Corson. 
The researches of the distinguished ornithologist, Robert Ridgeway, into 
the natural history of South-eastern Illinois, have been followed by the same 
results as those of Mr. Milner in North Carolina. Mr. Ridgway has found 
in the Wabash valley as far North as Mount Carmel, Illinois, the following 
species: Ancistrodon piscivorus, Carphophiops vermis, Haldea striatula, 
Abastor erythyogrammus, Farancia abdacura, Coluber obsoletus confinis 
and Tropidonotus sipedon woodhousei. 
In a considerable collection from Volusia, Florida, several rare species 
occur. I give the entire list. 
BATRACHIA. 
Siren lacertina, L. Hyla gratiosa, Lec. 
Pseudobranchus striatus, Lec. *« carolinensis, Daud. 
Amphiuma means, Gard. «< femoralis, Daud., 
Engystoma carolinense, Daud. very common. 
Acris gryllus, Lee. Rana halecina Kaln. 
REPTILIA. 
Crotalus adamanteus, Beauv. 
Caudisona miliaria, L. 
Ancistrodon piscivorus, Latr. 
Heterodon platyrhinus, Latr. 
Tropidonotus fasciatus, L. 
Hutenia sackenii, Kenn., very common. 
4 sirtalis, L. 
Storeria occipitomaculata, Holbr. 
Coluber quadrivittatus, Say. 
Spilotes corats erebennus, Cope. 
Bascanium constrictor, L. 
ut flagelliforme, Catesb. 
Cyclophis estious, L., abundant. 
Pityophis melanoleucus, Holbr. 
