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ZOOLOGY. 
BUFO COLUMBIENSIS, Baird & Girard. 
Tlie Columbia Toad. 
Bufo columbiensis, B. & G. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliilad. VI, 1853, 378.— Girard, Proc. Acad. Sc. VII, 1854, 87.— 
Ibid. U. S. Expl. Exped. Herpet. 77, pi. V, figs. 4—9. 
Sp. Ch. —Upper surface of head plane; skin adhering to the skull and granulated. Parotids and tympanum small. A mem¬ 
branous tarsal fold; toes palmated. A dorsal white vitta and an oblique dark patch beneath the eye. 
Found in Washington Territory west of the Cascade mountains. Nothing distinctive was 
noticed in its habits.—C. 
RANA PRETIOSA, Baird & Girard. 
The Salmon Frog. 
Rana preiiosa, B. & G. Proc. Acad. Sc. Phil. VI, 1853, 378 .—Ib. U. S. Expl. Exped. Herpetology, 21, 1858; pi. II, 
figs. 13—18 
Sp. Ch. —Tympanum rather small. Hands smooth. Feet granulated underneath, fingers slender and tapering; toes webbed, 
terminal joint of longest free. A small flattened horny process at the base of the inner toe and a minute conical tubercle 
between the fourth and fifth. Two depressed dorsal series of pores, one on each side; a glandular ridge along the upper jaw. 
When living the colors in full grown specimens are: nose and cheek pea-green tinged with 
gold; a stripe of the same hue down each side of the back. Remainder of hack from eyes to 
tail reddish brown, with a black streak. Legs paler with transverse black bars. Flanks and 
inner sides of thighs salmon red, growing darker towards feet. Belly tvhite, sometimes with 
brick-red spots; thighs posteriorly and sides spotted with white. A wood brown stripe on 
each side of head; lips tinged with gold color. Size of body from two to three inches long. 
Younger specimens pale green above; thighs pale brown; no reddish tints beneath, white 
spots larger and more numerous. 
I found frogs nowhere common in the Territory. The specimens described above were 
found about springs near Shoalwater bay, and when alive are very beautiful and interesting 
little animals. 
RANA HALE C IN A. 
The Spotted Frog. 
Plate XXIX, fig. 7. 
Although the distance of locality, which gives the species a wider range than any other 
reptile of the Atlantic coast, would a priori indicate distinctness of species, a careful 
comparison by Professor Baird does not show any tangible points of difference. Specimens of 
this frog were collected at Fort Dalles.—S. 
HYLA REGILLA, Baird & Girard. 
The Oregon Wood-Frog. 
Ilyla regilla, B. & G. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila. VI, 1852, 174; and 1853, 301.— Ibid. U. S. Expl. Exp. Herpet. 60, 
pi. Ill, figs. 13—18. 
Ilyla scapularis, Halloweix, Proc. Acad. Sc. VI, 1852, 183. 
Sp. Ch. —Vomerine teeth disposed upon two circular groups. Fingers free, toes semi-palmated. Skin above tuberculous, 
beneath glandulous. Green, with orange reflections, sometimes maculated or banded with blackish brown. 
This brilliant little wood-frog abounds in some localities and at some seasons, but at others is 
rarely met with, as it seems to seek the high trees. In September I found vast numbers of 
