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near Jamesburg, N. J., and at Sparta, Halifax, and in the Great 

 Swamp in the northern half of the state. It has also been found 

 on Staten Island, though probably no more are to be collected. 

 We have also raised it from a tadpole collected at Little Falls, 

 N. J., March 12, 1898, and for over two years had this plump 

 and prosperous looking individual named " Sambo " residing 

 under a stone in a crock partly filled with damp clay. When 

 the stone was removed and a piece of raw meat on the end of a 

 dried goldenrod stem was presented to the creature, he took it 

 readily enough, and the bulging eyes made a sudden dip into 

 their sockets with the disappearance of the morsel. Sambo died 

 in May, 1900, when he was three and one-fourth inches long. 



Amblystoma punctatum (Linnseus). I have seen a consider- 

 able number of these salamanders and their milky white balls 

 of eggs on top of the Palisades. Until lately it was also not 

 an uncommon species on Staten Island. 



Hemidactylium scutatum Tschudi. This species has been col- 

 lected at Newfoundland, N. J., under a stone, and quite numer- 

 ously at Suffern, N. Y., just over the northern border of New 

 Jersey. It has also been found on Staten Island, though not in 

 recent years. 



Plethodon glutinosus (Green). We have collected this species 

 in the Great Swamp, Morris Co., and found it abundant at Suf- 

 fern on the northern border line of the state. It has also been 

 found on Staten Island, but not recently. 



Bufo lentiginosus (Shaw). The "common toad" is referred 

 to under the name of B. lentiginosis. However, we can say that 

 at Lakehurst and at other localities in the lowlands, including 

 Staten Island, we have found the harsh-noted Bufo fozvleri 

 Putnam common, while at Newfoundland, N. J., fine examples of 

 Bufo americanus Le Conte, a more sluggish and pleasanter voiced 

 variety or species occurs in considerable numbers. 



Scaphiopus holbrookii (Harlan). During the heavy storms 

 of August 1 and 2, 1906, Mr. Louis H. Joutel observed many 

 of these toads at Lakehurst, N. J., in a depression temporarily 



