THE BATRACHIA. OF IsORTH AMERICA. 



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This sj)ecies is found along the eastern and southern coasts from 

 Maine to the mouth of the Rio Grande, and up the Mississippi to south- 

 ern Illinois, and in the intermediate country. On the plains and west- 

 ward and southward it is replaced by the following subspecies. 



The Rana virescens virescens is the B. utricularia of Harlan. 



Eana virescens virescens Kalm. 



Catalogue 

 number. 



4698 

 3414 

 3428 



8079 

 3323 

 3430 

 3419 

 3431 

 3425 

 8497 

 9343 



3436 



8239 



4830 



8869 



3429 



9342 



3450 



3442 



4871 



9257 



9673 



2560 



3403 



13593 



13372 



14552 



3282 



11480 



10046 



10047 



11525 



11907 



11967 



3692 



No. of 

 spec. 



7 

 2 

 1 

 7 

 10 

 3 

 5 

 2 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 10 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 4 

 2 

 2 



Locality. 



Washington, D. C 

 Kiceborough, Ga.. 

 Pensacola, Fla .-. 



Southern Illinois 



Fort Smith, Ark 



Russellville, Ky 



Carlisle, Pa 



Saint Louis, Mo 



Charleston, S. C 



Taos, N. Mex 



Athabasca River, 

 British America. 



Tarboroiigh, IST. C 



Cairo, 111. 



Brookville, Pa 



Tickfaw, La 



Grand Detour, III 



Grand Coteau, La 



Southern Illinois 



Saiut Augustine, Fla . . 



Mexico 



Washington, D. C 



Cairo.Ill 



Southern Illinois 



Madrid, N.T 



(?) 



Wheatland, Ind 



Dallas, Tex 



Matanioros, Mexico 



(?) 



Mount Carmel, 111 



... do 



New Madrid, Mo , 



Nashville, Ga 



U. S. Arsenal, Washing- 

 ton, D.C. 

 Indian River, Fla . 



When col- 

 lected. 



Deo. 22,1876 



1877 



1880 

 1879 



From whom received. 



John Little 



Prof.S. E. Baird 



Dr. J. F. Hammond, U. 

 S.A. 



R. Kennicott 



Dr. B. F. Shumard 



Dr.Bibb . 



Prof. S. F. Baird 



Dr. G. Engelmann 



Dr. C. Girard 



Dr.H. C. Yarrow 



R. Kennicott. 

 .1. L. Bridger . 



Dr. R. Haymocd 



Bean and Maxson 



Dr.P. R. Hoy 



St. Charles Coll 



R. Kennicott . 



E. K.Smith 



Lieut. B. Couch, U.S.A. 



Dr.T.H.Bean 



R. Kennicott 



do 



P. R. Hoy 



(?) 



Robt. Ridgway 



E.D.Cope 



Lieut. B. Couch 



(?) 



Robt. R idgway 



.. do 



(?) 



W.J.Tavlor 



Dr.T. H.'^Bean 



G. Wurdemann . 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



Alcoholic. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do, 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Rana virescens hrachycepTiala Cope. 



Eana halecina ierlandieri Coije, Check List, Batr., Reptil. N. Amer., p. 32 ; nee Eana 



berlandieri, Bahxl. 

 Eana halecina Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., ed.il, p. 41; Brocchi, Mision Sci. 



de Mesique Batracien.s, p. 10. 



This is the most widely-distributed form of the Rana virescens, as may 

 be seen by the accompanying list of specimens. It differs from the R. 

 V. virescens by appreciable characters, but these occasionally present 

 such exceptions, that I am unable to separate them as a species, as has 

 been done by Mr. Boulenger. The characters already ascribed to the 

 species belong to this form, but the further differences are as follows : 



I select as typical a specimen from the Yellowstone Eiver (No. 3363). 

 The muzzle is less elongate, and the extended hind leg brings the heel 



