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lurking in every thicket. These birds frequent the ponds, rivers and 

 ereeks, during the summer; build in the trees of the swamps, and 

 those of the islands in the ponds ; they construct their nests of sticks ; 

 the eggs are of a sky blue colour, and from six to eight in number. 



ZOOLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES. 



CLASS AMPHIBIA. 



ORDER REPTILES. 

 GENUS TESIUDO. 



Speckled land Tortoise 

 Close shelled T. 

 Pennsy vauia T. 

 Mud T. . 

 Soft shelled T. 

 Great land T. . 

 Tarrapin . . 



Testudo Carolina. 

 T. china. 

 T. Pensy vanka. 

 T. dtntieulata. 

 T. cartitaginea. 

 T. terrestris. 

 T. 



GENUS RAMA. 



Horned Toad . 

 Virginia Frog . 

 Tree F. . 

 Common Toad 

 Pond Frog 

 BIIF . . 

 Clamorous F. 

 Green fountain F. 

 Common F. 

 White-spotted F. 



Rana comuta. 

 R. Virginica. 

 R. arborea. 

 R bufo. 

 R. 01 1. lata. 

 R. bvans. 

 R. pipiens. 

 R. es'ulania. 

 R. temporaria. 

 R leacop/iylla. 



GENUS LACERTA. 



Alligator . 

 Pennsylvania Lizard 

 OrbcularL. 

 Cha i ■ I. on 

 Six-lined Lizard 

 F.veiintd L. 

 Blue tailed L. . 

 Four lined L. 

 Brown L. 

 Lumbricforro L. 

 Copper coloured L. 

 Blue-beuWL. 

 Green Carolina L. 



Lacerta alligator. 

 L. bimaculaia. 

 L. orbicularis. 

 L. rhamceleon. 

 L. scrliueata. 

 L. quinqutlineala. 

 L. J'asciata 

 L. quadrihneata. 

 L. punctata. 

 L. lumbiicoidei. 

 L. draccena t 



L. 



L. bultaris. 



GENUS SIREN. 

 Carolina Siren . Siren 'acerfina. 



ORDER SERPENTS. 



Ground Rattle Snake 

 Great R- S. 

 Yellow R. S. . 



CROTALUS. 



Crotalus miliarius. 

 C. horridus. 

 C. dryinas. 



Bastard R. S. 



C. durissus. 

 GENUS BOA. 



Lulian Boa . . Boa constrictor. 

 GENUS COLUBER. 



Canada Viper 

 Spoited Moicasin Snake 

 Small Brown Adder 

 Me ican Viper 

 Crowned Viper . 



Water V.* 



Wanpum Snake . 

 Barred S. 



Truncheon S. . . 

 Flov da- Viper . . 

 House Snake . 

 Brown Snake . . 

 Corn Snake . . 

 Pearl S. . 

 Biown Viper . 

 Dark Blue Snake 

 Bla k Snake 

 Dotted S. 

 Virginian V. 

 Bluish-Green V. . 

 Black V. . 

 Whit. Snake . 

 Green-striped S. 

 Green Snake . 

 Little Brown Bead S. 

 Coach Whip S. 

 Copper-Bellied S. . 

 Ribbon S. 



Small Black and Red S. 

 Garter S, 

 Moccasin S. 



Coluber leberis. 



C. simus. 



C. striatu'us. 



C. Novor Hispanue. 



C. coronatus. 



C. aauaticus. 



C. fasciatus. 



C. doliatus. 



C. tisiphone. 



C. coccineui. 



C. humamtt. 



C. sipedon. 



C. f'ulvius. 



C.'pejlatus. 



C. sir talis. 



C. geitulus. 



C. constrictor. 



C. carinatus. 



C. Virginicus, 



C. aestivus. 



C. cacudcemon. 



C. atropos. 



C dipsas. 



C. mycterizans. 



C. annulatus. 



C. flagtllum. 



C. crythrogaster , 



C. saurita. 



C. torquatus, 



C. 



GENUS ANCUIS. 



Glass Snake . 

 Brownish spotted S. 

 Yellowish White S. 

 Striped S. 

 Chicken S. 



Anguis ventralis. 

 A. reticulalus. 

 A. lumbricalis. 

 A. eryx ? 

 A. muculatus ? 



GENUS AMPHISBMNA. 



Ring Snake 

 Joint or Hoop S. 



Amphisbcena. 

 A.fuligitiosa ? 



The Soft-shelled Tortoise is the largest of the Testudo genu found 

 in North America. When full grown it weighs upwards of 40 pounds. 

 Its flesh is very delicate. It is fierce, and when attacked defends 

 itself by biting. They are found in Florida, and are common in many 

 parts of South America. Of the Tortoise, commonly known by the 

 name of Tarrafiins, there appears to be several species. Those 

 brought from the Susquehannah are the largest, being from a foot to 

 18 inches in length. The head, claws and sides, are black, with 

 bright yellow lines ; shell, gibbous, oval, and of a dusky brown co- 

 lour. Those which are found near Egg harbour, and on the eastern 



* Frequently called the horn snake, from a blunt horny point, half an inch in length, which terminates 

 the tail. This appearance has misled some writers to class it among the crotali under the name of the 

 ■water rattle-snake. It is very venomous. 



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