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made a similar observation concerning the batrachians of tlie 

 northern shore of Lake Superior.* I have likewise been in- 

 formed by Mr. A. S. Packard, that he obtained a very large 

 specimen of this species at Esquimaux River, near the Straits 

 of Belle Isle, Labrador. 



Hyla versicolor LeC. Tree Toad. Not very common. 



Hylodes Pickeringii Holb. Piping Tree Toad. Common. Its shriU 

 notes are almost always to be heard near damp woods in sum- 

 mer evenings; later in the season I have often found it in 

 upland woods, among the fallen leaves. It deposits its eggs in 

 the water in April, and is then very abundant and musical, 

 singing earlier than any other species. 



Rana Catesbiana Shaw. (Kana pipiens Latr., not of Gmelin.) Bull 

 Frog. Very common, and found in all parts of the State. At 

 the Umbagog Lakes, I have found it unusually large and 

 abundant. 



Rana clamitans Bosc. (R. fontinalis LeC.) Green Frog. "Very 

 common ; generally distributed over the State. Prof. S. F. 

 Baird has united R. fontinalis of the Northern States with R. 

 clamitans of the South, under the latter name ; yet their iden- 

 tity may still be questioned by many. 



Rana i^olustris LeC. Pickerel Frog. Common, but less abundant 

 than the next. It utters a prolonged grating note, usually 

 while floating at the surface of the water. 



Rana halecina Kalm. Leopard Frog. Very common. This species 

 is found in all parts of the State ; and I have also collected it 

 on Breton Island, N. S., and at Gasp^, C. E. It is often seen 

 in fields far from any water. 



Rana sylvatica LeC. Wood Fi-og. Common. Found chiefly in up- 

 land woods among damp fallen leaves. In early spring it fre- 

 quents the water near woods to deposit its eggs ; the loud dis- 

 cordant notes are sometimes heard as early as the first of 

 April. 



Urodela. 

 Aniblystoma punctatum Baird. Yellow-spotted Salamander. Com- 

 mon ; found as far north as the Umbagog Lakes. 

 Amblystoina porphyriticum. (Salamandra porphyritica Green.) I re- 

 fer to this species an Amhly stoma found by Mr. S. I. Smith 

 under a log In damp woods at Norway.f It agrees well with 

 the descriptions of Green • and Holbrook, and therefore shows 



Lake Superior, page 382. 

 \ There are also specimens of tlie same species in tlie Museum of Comparative 

 oology, collected at Milan, N. H., by Mr. J. B. Fulsome ; therefore it probably 

 has an extensive northern range. 



