THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATi R A LIST. 





47 — li. var. rufus. I introduce this as il ie 

 a larger variety; copper brown with no 

 trace of green on toe body or head ; 

 has a hoarser voice* and keeps more in 

 deep marshes. I obtained specimens on 

 St. Clair Flats and in Bruce county. 

 This variety is well marked. 



48 — R.sylvatica. Wood Frog, r emphatically 



deny that (his species lias any connec- 

 tion with the European R. temporaria 

 and it is not a variety lint ;i totally dis- 

 tinct species. On comparing it with 

 European specimens in my Cabinet 

 there is nothing whatever in common, 

 and their life history is entirely different. 



49— jR. sylvatica var. Cantabrigensis. Speci- 

 mens I have from Massachusetts, 

 Michigan, &c, differ little from Cana- 

 dian. Hare. 



f)0 — Pelobates Americanus. The same as I!. 

 circulosa,&c. Hoosier Prog. Jt is nol 

 a true Rana, nor can I admit it as such 

 at present. 



51 — Ilyla versicolor. Common Tree-toad. 

 Common. South. Disappearing gra- 

 dually northward. 



52 — 11. Andersonii. I have found half-grown, 

 and nearly adult 11. versicolor, almost 

 pure green, with a chocolate hrown band 

 obscuring the eye. Generally found 

 among green herbage, and difficult to 

 observe. 



53— IT. Pickeringii. Pickering's Tree-toad. 

 One of the earliest frogs to croak. 



54 — Acris Gryllus var. crepitans. Cricket 

 Frog. The most noisy of frogs for its 

 size. Common. 



55 — A. gryllus var. gryllus, A variety here 

 of which I have two specimens } can 

 only relegate to this. Taken near Luck- 

 now, Co. Bruce, May 23, 1879. 



50 — Bufo lentiginosus var. Americanus. Toad. 

 Common. Very useful to destroy cater- 

 pillars and insects. 



57 — B. lentigenosus var. nigcr. I have a deep 

 black coloured variety. Young generally 

 blacker. 



Urodela — (Tailed Batrachians). 



PLEURODELID^E. 



58 — Diemyctylus viridescens. Spotted -Triton. 



Newt, «fec. Common. 

 59— D. mineatus. Red Eft. Scarce. 



bQ—Detmoffnatu niger. 



Captured and presented to me I 

 Brodie, Toronto. 



61 — Plethodon trytkronottu. I.' 

 mander. Common. 



62— P. var. einereut. Nol verj 



Fainilj AMBLYSTOMIDjE 



63 — Amblysloma punetatum. Large Salamander. 

 < !( iinmon. 



PROTEIDA. 



(i I — Necturus lateralis . menobranehiu (Baird), 

 .Mud Puppy. Taken l>\ mc in Laki S 



Clan-, Huron, and Erie, and 



Toronto; nol verj rare in the Don River. 



65— N. Huronensit (Spec, novum). About a 



long; deep sooty-brown on back, lighter 

 on belly. Gills bushy, brown, end of 

 each orifice ml, in three row-. Throat 

 white. Vent reddish. Upper jaw hooked 

 over lower; eyes Mack, not prominent. 

 I have only obtained two specimens in 

 streams during twenty-five \ 

 rare. I venture this as a new .-p. 



I trust to find time io send a history of ihe 

 English frog, Rana temporaria in an early isMi<- 

 o\' the Canadian Sportsman and N vn rai i-t. 



ami to demonstrate clearly peculiarities com- 

 pletely at variance with the form of li. -\ulca- 

 licu, which I think will prove their total 

 specific difference. Any gentleman who may 

 have a reptile of which he does not know the 

 name, would confer a great favor by -end- 

 ing it in a box by mail, and alter examination, 

 I will return it with thanks. By thi.- mean.-, 

 perhaps, new species, or varieties may he dis- 

 covered in the Dominion. 



Jons II. GarNIBR, M.D. 

 Lucknow, Bruce Co.. 0. . 



PROTECTION OF GAME. 



The following address is from the pen o\ 

 Dr. E. S. Holmes, President of the Michigan 

 Sportsman's Association : — 



"It has been asserted that Sportsmen's Ass 

 ciations are purely selfish ; that the object of 



