THE VERTEBRATES OF THE CAYUGA LAKE 

 BASIN, N. Y. 



(From the Department of Neurology and Vertebrate Zoology, 

 Cornell University.) 



With Four Maps. 



By HUGH D. REED and ALBERT H. WRIGHT. 



(Read October i, 1909.) 



Introduction. 



This paper is based mainly upon the records made by members 

 of this department since the opening of the university in 1868; our 

 personal observations have extended over the last twelve years. 

 For valuable notes, helpful criticism and material assistance we are 

 indebted to Professors B. G. Wilder, T. L. Hankinson and E. H. 

 Eaton and to Messrs. G. S. Miller, Jr., L. A. Fuertes, A. A. Allen, 

 G. C. Embody and John Vann. Many others have aided in various 

 ways and acknowledgments are made in the proper places. 



The paper includes all the vertebrates known by us to occur in 

 this basin. Each record is based upon specimens taken within our 

 limits. In cases of doubt as to identification the specimens have 

 been submitted to specialists in the group. 



The only previous publications which deal specifically with the 

 vertebrates of this region are : " Fishes of Cayuga Lake," by B. G. 

 Wilder, pubHshed in the Weekly Ithacan for June 25, 1875, " Notes 

 on the Fishes of Cayuga Lake Basin," by Seth E. Meek, published 

 in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. IV., 1899, 

 and " The Lake and Brook Lampreys of New York, Especially those 

 of Seneca and Cayuga Lakes," by S. H. Gage, in the " Wilder Quar- 

 ter-Century Book," 1893. There are numerous other publications 

 which contain notes upon the vertebrates of this basin, particularly 

 the birds and reptiles, to which reference will be made elsewhere. 



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