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characters that Stejneger (Rept. U. S. nat. mus. for 1912, 1904, p. 570) pointed 

 out as likely to be diagnostic are found, just as he suspected. Stejneger had no 

 Haitian specimen; but his conclusion, based on the evidence of previous descrip- 

 tions and figures, is confirmed by the material available here. 



It is said to be common locally but to be very erratic in its appearance. Mr. 

 Mann collected specimens at Cape Haitien, Diquini, Momance, Manneville, 

 and Grand Riviere. I have seen no examples from the San Domingo end of the 

 island. 



This species, then is confined to Haiti, being replaced on Porto Rico by 

 its ally Bufo lemur Cope. 



Bufo lemur Cope. 



Cope, Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1868, p. 311. Stejneger, Rept. U. S. nat. mus. for 1902, 1904, p. 

 570, fig. 1-5. 



As Stejneger surmised, this toad is quite distinct from the Bufo of Haiti, 

 and hence is confined to Porto Rico, where it is very rare. Stejneger heard 

 reports of its occurrence on Vieques Island, but was unable to obtain any speci- 

 mens. August Stahl, the venerable Porto Rican naturalist, told Stejneger that 

 he himself had never once found the "sapo concha," as it is called by the Spanish- 

 speaking natives. In forty years only six specimens had come into his posses- 

 sion, brought in by peasants who found them by chance. Of these, two are now 

 in the collection of the Museum (M. C. Z., No. 2,180). 



I can not do better than to quote verbatim Stejneger's account of how he 

 finally succeeded in procuring specimens near Arecibo : — 



" We made diligent inquiries in the neighborhood through our young friend Mr. Enrique 

 L. Brascoechea, and finally, as we had almost given up hope, he found an old beggar who 

 remembered a place where as a boy he had seen the sapos. He was promised a substantial 

 reward, and on the last evening of our stay in Arecibo brought in five fine specimens captured 

 about 3 miles south of the town. He said he had found them in holes under the roots of 

 palm trees at the border of a fresh-water pond, where they kept in hiding during the day." 



Bufo empusus (Cope). 



Cope, Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1862, p. 344. Gundlach, Erpet. Cubana, 1S80, p. 87. Boulenger, 

 Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit, mus., 1882, p. 326. 



Gundlach found this species, so rare in collections, rather common locally 

 in the Cienago de Zapata, in the jurisdiction of Colon, in the savannas near 

 Los Ciegos, and Los Palacios in the Vuelta Aba jo region of the Province of Pinar 

 del Rio. I was able to obtain a splendid series in some plains about five miles 

 northeast of Herradura, also in the Province of Pinar del Rio. I should 



