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webs to the feet It is said by Seba to be a na- 

 tive of the same parts of North America as the 

 former. 



Rana Squamigera ! ! ! 



Lin. Syst. Nat, Gmel, p, 1065. Walbaum Sckrift. der BerL 

 Ges. 5. p. 223. 



The laborious description of this supposed spe- 

 cies, given by Mr. Walbaum in the work above 

 referred to, is a most curious instance of one of 

 those learned errors which sometimes creep into 

 the writings of celebrated naturalists ; the Avhole, 

 according to Mr. Schneider, having originated 

 from the accidental adhesion of a strip of skin, 

 from some serpent or lizard, preserved in the same 

 bottle, to the back of the frog. 



Vix credibile videbitur, quod tamen liquido 

 veluti juratus ex accurata ejusdem exempli inspec- 

 tione ad Blochium meum transmissi affirmare 

 audeo, ran am squamigeram a Wallbaumio operose 

 descriptam nihil aliud esse, nisi ranam boantem 

 Linnsei, cui cum serpentibus aut lacertis permixtse, 

 in liquore spirituoso lacinia exuviarum serpentin- 

 arum et quidem inversa se forte applicuerat. lu- 

 vabit data occasione recordari chordae ovis bufonis 

 refertse a Gmelino juniore in tertio Itinerarii volu- 

 mine pro taeniae specie pict^ !" — Schneid, Hist 

 AmpLfasc. I. p. 168. 



