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Page 623. The note by C. C. A. accompanying P. puflBnus refers most 

 probably to P. borealis, which is more common, and should 

 properly replace P. puffinus in our Catalogue. 



Page 624. [P. pelagica] is Procellaria pelagica. 



Page 632. Add nigricoUis, Brehm, Eared Grebe, to synonomy of C. cris- 

 tatus. 



Page 638. Add (Cheiopus, Raf.) to synonymy of NANBMT3. 



Page 641. The following Sea Turtles should have appeared in the list of 



TESTU Dl N ATA : CHELONiiDiE, 



Thalaesochelys (Pitzinger) ; caretta (L.), Loggerhead 

 Turtle; Atlantic, north to Massachusetts. Beaches 400 

 pounds. DERMOCHEIiYDID.^:, Dermochelys 



(Blainv.) ; coriacea (Vandelli), Leather Turtle, Trunk-back ; 

 diflfers from the former in having no scales on feet. 



Page 643. Add " Spreading Adder " to local names of H. platyrhinus. 

 Add [Regina] to synonymy of T. leberis. 



Page 649. Add (SALIENTIA) assynonym to ANURA. 



Page 652. Add " Swamp Tree-frog " to O. triseriatus. 



Add (Fleurodelidse) as synonym to SAIjAMAXDIi,ID.2!. 



Page 653. Add D. nigra (Green), Black Salamander, found in mountain 

 springs of Pennsylvania, to extra-limital faunal list. 



Page 654. Add erythronotus as synonym to P. cinereus. 



Page 655. AMBLYSTOMATIDiE is preferable to AMBLY- 

 STOMID^. 



Page 656. Extra-limital to New Jersey occur the PRO I E I DA 

 family PROTEIDiE, Mnd Puppies; Neoturus (Eaf ), 

 maoulatus (Raf.), the Water Dog or Mud Puppy, abundant 

 in the great lake region, but also occurring in the Alleghany 

 system. (Menobranohus) is synonym of NEOTURUS. These 

 are salamanders with external gills through life. Sometimes 

 called Water " Lizards." 



Page 657. The Amphioxns or Lancelot, a minute sea-fish and the simplest 

 organized of all vertebrates, properly must be included in our 

 List. It forms Class or Sub-Class Leptocardii, Order Cirro- 

 stomi, Family Branchiostomatid8e, Genus Branchios- 

 toma (Costa), Species caribseum (Sundevall.) 



