402 REED-WRIGHT— THE VERTEBRATES OF [October i, 



deposited in masses attached to the under side of stones where they 

 are guarded by one of the parents.^^ 



64. Cottus gracilis (Heckel). Miller's thumb. 

 Not common but found throughout the basin. 



21. Family Gadidje. The Cods. 



65. Lota maculosa (Le Sueur). Burbot. 

 Not common. Found only in deep water. 



C. Class AMPHIBIA. 



XII. Order PROTEIDA. 



22. Family Proteid^. The Mud Puppies. 



66. Necturus maculosus Rafinesque. Mud puppy. 



Abundant in the lake and the lower courses of the inflowing 

 streams. They have been taken in the inlet three miles from the lake. 



XIII. Order URODELA. 

 23. Family Ambystomid^. 



67. Ambystoma punctatum (Linnaeus). Spotted salamander. 

 Common throughout the basin. Depending upon the season, egg- 

 laying begins the last of March or the first of April immediately 

 after emerging from hibernation. The earliest date March 13, 1903. 

 Transformation of the larva begins the last of July or about four 

 months after the eggs are laid. From this time to the middle of Sep- 

 tember transforming individuals may be found. 



24. Family Plethodontid^. 



68. Hemidactylium scutatum Tschudi. Four-toed salamander. 

 Not common. The first specimens recorded were obtained near 



Ithaca in the valley of Sixmile Creek by H. W. Norris in April 1889. 

 No other specimens were found in this basin until October 22, 1905, 

 when twenty-one specimens were found on Larch Hill, two miles 

 south of Ithaca on the east side of the inlet valley. They were all 

 found under stones or about the bases of stumps in the open. 



^^ Gage, S. H., " Notes on the Cayuga Lake Stargazer," The Cornell Review, 

 November, 1876, p. 91. 



