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Part II.— REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 

 By Pbedeeiok W. True. 



Faga 



B.— THE ALLIGATOR AND THE OEOCODILE: 



33. The Alligator and the Crocodile 141 



F.— TOETOISES, TURTLES, AND TERRAPINS: 



34. The Marine Turtles in general 147 



35. The Loggerhead Turtle 147 



36. The Hawk's-biU Turtles 149 



37. The Green Turtles 150 



38. The Soft-shelled tortoises 152 



39. The Snapping Turtles 153 



40. The Musk Tortoises 154 



41. The Fresh-water Terrapins 155 



42. The Diamond-hack or Salt-water Terrapin 156 



43. The Pond Tortoises , 157 



44. The Box Tortoises 158 



G.— THE AMPHIBIANS: 



45. The Bull-frog 159 



Part III.— FISHES. 

 By G. Beown Goode. 



WITH DISCUSSIONS OF THE PACIFIC SPECIES BY DAVID 8. JORDAN AND TARLBTON H. BEAN, NOTES ON THE FISHES 

 OF THE GULF OF MEXICO BT SILAS STEARNS, AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM JOSEPH W. COLLINS, N. B. ATWOOD, 

 MARSHALL MACDONALD, R. EDWARD EARLL, LUDWIG KUMLIBN, AND OTHER AUTHORITIES. 



H.— THE FILE PISHES, PIPE PISHES, AND ANGLERS: 



46. The Ocean Sun Fishes (OrthagorisoidOB) 169 



47. The Porcupine Fishes (Diodontidai) 170 



48. The Bellows-Fish Family {Tetrodontida) 170 



49. The Trunk Fishes (OstradontidcB) 170 



50. The File-Fish Family {Balistida) 171 



51. The Sea-Horse Family {Hippocampida) 172 



52. The Pipe- Fish Family {Syngnathida) 172 



53. The Devil Fishes {Antennariidcs and Maltheidce) 173 



54. The Goose Fish (Zophius piseatorius) 173 



I.— THE FLAT FISHES AND FLOUNDERS: 



55. The American Soles (Soleida) 175 



56. The Plaice (Paraliolithys dentatus) ,. 17g 



57. The Bastard Halibut (PoroZie/iJfti/s mamiloaus) Ig2 



58. The Flat Fish or Winter Flounder ( Pseudopleuronectes americanm) 182 



59. The Flat Fishes and Soles of the Pacific Coast 184 



60. The Halibut (Hippogloasua vulgaris) ; Igo 



61. The Sand Dab or EoughDab {Hippoglossoides plateasoidea) 197 



62. The Greenland Turbot ( Platysomatichthys hippoglosaoides) 197 



63. The Pole Flounder or Craig Flounder ( Glyptoeephalua cynogloeaua) 198 



64. The Spotted Sand Flounder (Lophopsetta maeulata) I99 



