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  [ASSOIBLY 
  

  

  AMPHIBIANS* 
  

  

  FAMILY 
  RANIDiE. 
  

  

  Bana 
  piPiExNSj 
  Bull-frog. 
  Rossie. 
  

  

  Rana 
  horiconensis. 
  Northern 
  Eull-frog. 
  Black 
  Lake. 
  Rossie. 
  

  

  Rana 
  fontinalisj 
  Spring-frog. 
  Rossie. 
  Very 
  common. 
  

  

  Rana 
  halecina, 
  Shad-frog. 
  Rossie. 
  Very 
  common. 
  

  

  Rana 
  sylvatica, 
  Wood 
  -frog. 
  Rossie. 
  Common. 
  Two 
  speci- 
  

   mens, 
  young 
  and 
  adult. 
  

  

  BuFo 
  AMERICA 
  Nus 
  5 
  Commou 
  Toad. 
  Two 
  specimens 
  ; 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  

   young 
  one 
  and 
  an 
  adult. 
  Rossie. 
  

  

  Hyla 
  tersicolor, 
  Northern 
  Tree-toad. 
  Rossie. 
  This 
  specimen 
  

   was 
  kept 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  range 
  

   of 
  color 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  possible 
  for 
  it 
  to 
  assume. 
  This 
  

   was 
  found 
  to 
  vary 
  from 
  greenish 
  and 
  light 
  ash-colored 
  

   to 
  very 
  dark 
  brown, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  assimilate 
  its 
  

   color 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  light 
  colored 
  lichen 
  of 
  the 
  beech, 
  

   and 
  the 
  darker 
  hues 
  of 
  the 
  elm, 
  maple 
  and 
  pine 
  barks 
  

   with 
  great 
  ease. 
  The 
  time 
  required 
  seemed 
  to 
  vary 
  

   with 
  the 
  light, 
  but 
  usually 
  occupied 
  less 
  than 
  five 
  min- 
  

   utes. 
  

  

  FAMILY 
  SALAMANDRIDiE. 
  

  

  Salamandra 
  subviolacea, 
  Violet-colored 
  Salamander. 
  Rossie. 
  

   Very 
  common 
  under 
  stones 
  and 
  rotten 
  logs, 
  more 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  Salamandra 
  Rubra, 
  Red 
  Salamander. 
  Common 
  under 
  logs, 
  &c. 
  

   Rossie. 
  Two 
  specimens 
  ; 
  small. 
  

  

  FISHES. 
  

  

  Perca 
  FLAixscENs, 
  American 
  Yellow 
  Perch. 
  Black 
  Lake. 
  This 
  

   fish 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  rivers 
  and 
  small 
  lakes 
  in 
  

   Northern 
  New- 
  York. 
  An 
  interesting 
  fact 
  relating 
  to 
  

   this 
  fish 
  has 
  come 
  under 
  my 
  notice, 
  which 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   record. 
  Previous 
  to 
  1843, 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Black 
  river 
  

  

  