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Hyla squirella Bosc. 



Two specimens of this species from the reeds of a brackish water marsh 

 at Stranger Cay, north of Grand Bahama, are the first recorded from the 

 Bahamas. Here they were common ; and their chirp, as was pointed out at 

 the time by Dr. Allen, who found them, was noticeably different from that of 

 the other indigenous batrachians. As there are signs that this cay, though 

 now uninhabited, has been cultivated in times past, it is possible that the 

 species was introduced with imported plants. There were a number of the 

 latter growing near the site of the single old house. 



M. C. Z. No. 2419. 



Distribution. — Southeastern North America generally. 



Hylodes ricordii Dcm. and Bier. 



We collected twenty-nine examples of this species from New Providence 

 Island, where it was decidedly common under heaps of rubbish of almost any 

 nature, but particularly decaying palm leaves. A single specimen from Marsh 

 Harbor, Island of Al)aco, differs considerably from the Nassau specimens in 

 that the tip of the snout is pallid, and there are two distinct parallel white 

 lines running down the back. This specimen possibly represents a local race, 

 but additional material is needed to determine this question. A single example 

 from Mangrove Cay, Andros Island, is very pale, and there is a noticeable in- 

 terruption medially in the long series of vomerine teeth. I strongly suspect 

 that another local race inhabits this island. 



M. C. Z. No. 2416 ; 2417 ; 2418. 



Distribution. — Cuba, Bahamas, and extreme southern Florida. 



EEPTILIA. 



Sphaerodactylus flavicaudus, sp. nov. 



Type series, fourteen specimens (M. C. Z. No. 6953) collected at Mangrove 

 Cay, Andros Island, by Mr. Owen Bryant, August 1-7, 1904. 



Specific characters. — Similar to Sphaerodactylus decoratus Garman in squa- 

 mation, but differing widely in coloration and in proportions. 



The general body color is that of pale cream, witli the skin showing darker 

 between the scales. Thus the entire surface appears to be covered with fine 

 reticulations. On the tail this darker color shows itself in the form of rings. 

 The tail, moreover, is bright orange-yellow. This species is more slender than 

 S. decoratus. The head is unusually sharply pointed. In S. decoratus, par- 

 ticularly in the young, the length of the head and body considerably exceeds 

 that of the tail. In S. flavicaudus the tail is almost always longer than the 



