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DENDRITES,
BATeilClilANS
By
a.
AND
H.
REPTILES
MacKAY,
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with n
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tlie efl'eitive
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up
seen
within
that
lines
of
two
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(listaliee
atti'aetivi'
ri^siilt
radiuliii;,',
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would
In-
niiiiircil
lines
of
|preei|iitiitioii
of the
the
ran^'e
of
the
depo.sit,
liranehiiig of
tlio
inieli
of
thene
fij^iires
witliiii
sets of
were
tlepo.sits.
luaiiehes
of all
It
|iraeti(ally
will
tills
a proximately constant ditaute.
Hi? illustrated the same, or a similar priiwiple,
ratt!
forci'.
ii|>
excpfiletl
particular hasin so as to aecoinmodate the precipitating molecules
it.H
salts,
of
the
Hpiin^'
iirt-cipitation
attracting
sjiecilic
to
aj.'Kr<'';atinns
sjiray like
pointH iicceasary to allow of the
liiidiling fortli at
iraterial
or nlhcr proxiiimtt! form
.sciiii-cirriilur, nlli|itii'al
iMiliatiii;^ Byntniii
II
two
niicrosco|ie glass sli<k's,
foluti(»iis
hy enclosing between
of a
vaiiety of chemical
clipping the sides lirmly together, and allowing the water to evapo-
from the
oin'ii
preci|)itate(l
in
margins
more or
from the open margin.
to those present,
popular intercBt.
all
aroni\d.
In
loss ahori'sceiit
Under the
many
of these the
salts
ami vine-Iiko forms starting
polariscope tlu'sc forms wuri! exhibited
the various plays of color
making the exhibition
of
fA^im^t^ma..
MACKAY
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AND OAinKIl SN
KIN'i
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\KKS.
f
l»u. A.
.M.mKav
II.
jmnrtafitK (L.),
hy
pxaniiiiatioii
alive, iliiriuj,' tin'
Hciiti'd to
him
tlif
incinbors
[ncvions
^),V
tlio
fall,
Kcv
dcseribi'd, tiio iniiiciiial
jia.'ising
through
at
one (not
its
whieh
beaker was covered with a
mouth by
lu'csciit.
iffcrri'd
.sheet
liipiid
to in
tliu
in
and was
rajitivity
other
moistening
pri--
wore
pajiers
ventral
its
ren.l
i»lnt«.s
up the more than vertical walls
As the mouth uf this largo
was kept.
t)f
For u coujile of months
was
lialiits
and drink, but
oth^red, e.Kcept to
supplied.
I'eing
beginning of winter,
it
far
was (aptun'tl
s|i(;(!iiiic'a
thin cotton (doth clamped around
a rubber band, the snake used to (dind) up to the top
of things to eat
of wdiat
Its
iJiut/n/ilii.i
Novii Scotin,
of
Hill, iitiir tlic I'utk,
Piiii:
take a circular jiosition around the
po.ssible.
Tlic
ability, after
it
of
s|ic(:iiii(u
Siiiikc
KiiiK
v.ater, of elinibing
of a tall gla.ss beaker in
it."-'
nr
Dr. (ionioii.
before the Institute) bcinj;
by
a ilt'.-iccitiMl
[ircsciiti'il
Kiiig-iictkol
IIh'
mouth and
it
wii.s
as
elo.se
to
and
the band as
was presented with quite a variety
never (deserved to take advantage
go gliding 'hroiigh the water
neglected for a week
or more
(jr
other
the
toward.s
was found dead and desiccated one day, when
the experiments came to a dose.
It
agreed closelv with
described in detail by Mr. Harry Piers on the
tin
Hth March,
specimiur
18*J2.
(See
Vol. viH., page 181, Trans. X. 8. Inst. Sci.).
He
then described an exciting frog hunt by one of three large
Garter Snakes, (Eutainia alrtali" )—i\so of them having been killed to
give the frog a bettor chance
— which he had the
good fortune
county.
The cunning and
in this case
persistent determination ^jf)'vn
was most remarkable, wduither
in
.sec
rock
on
by the snake
swimming and diving
the clear giavel-bottomed pool, or in climbing the
;,«i™kasBi.4i.
to
in Annapolis
the partially dry bed of a rivulet near the X'iclaux river
in
and the bank.
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PIIOCKEDINGS.
^n
The
infalu;.ti.,ii ..f tlu>
fr..jr-a fine larKo Creeii Frog, (/{am
riamntn)
he~\vas shown by its ahvay.s retreating to the; water
remained nntil closely |.nrsued, when it sprang out in a
it ai.|>ejire,l
where
two to
it
to
leap or
on(! side
where
renniined unconscious of any
it
other i)resence,
hut very sensitive to the insidious approach of
the snak.' wiio was sd
interested in
its gam- that tlie presence of the
slaughterer of its two
co'leagues was, apparently, a matter of no
conse(iuencp.
Owing to a
uiistid<en observation that 'm- frog had finally
escai)ed and that the
lumt
was
over, the snake
stalking
was
frog and
th(^
when
killed,
would
was discovered that
it
was
it
still
caught him or have forced him again
As the hunt continued for several minutes, a great numy
into the pool.
liave
manoeuvres by land and water were observe.l. He
on the habits of the same species as described in
Institute, Vol.
I,
part 2, page
by
120,
Vol.
1-,
16;},
by John T. Mcllish, May, 1876.
page 81, by
After discussing the distributi<.n
Proviii,es,*he gave
known on good
append..!
ti,e
authority
April,
of ihc
list wlii.li
be found
to
M.Jones, Mav 2nd, 1865;
1875 and Vol. iv, page'
J.
IJernard (iilpin,
,1.
refcrreil to notes nia-le
the Transactions of the
;
Keptillia
biiclly
the
in
shows
all
Atlantic
the species
within the Provinc.' of
Nova
8('otia.
I
He
next prcsentc.l a living specimen of the Xewt,
( Du-)»ij,-h,}m
which was examined by the membeis, swimming
in water
and moving on the tablo.
It was one of a jiair which had
"come, the
«i>ring before from a lak.- in the county of
I.uneidiurg, and the
nri>/,.'scnis),
habits
of
uhich he had been studying
taken for .some time
for a
sively gazing at from an island mck,
for
it
of
its
growth
used
to
be
considered
mature, the " crimson eft
spots on op.ch side of
to the
water,
its
a leap or
gave an
unusual
outline;
spring on small
woild
was pen-
it
of
its
leaves
of
August or September
land salamander, left the water and
with air breathing apparatus and even
its air passages.
Until lately this stage
be a species of salamander.
Then, when
t<i
to
"
color to an olive green with
adapted
red
like a terrestrial animal,
a ciliated epithelial lining
He
in the water, until in
gradually changed into a
hunted
wi.le
some days before
must have maije
reach, and escaped never to be seen again.
history from the minute eggs dei)osited in
;
having been
other,
with an apparent longing for the
lieyon.l the horizon of its tank, whi.'h
water plants
The
year.
betakes
a
row
of
itself to
the water, changes its
minute black-bordered vermilion
back.
ovc
,
Its breathing ai)paratus again becomes
the ciliated eiuthelia disappeaiing.
The
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MACKAY ON THE NEWT.
^pocimen was for
a yen,,
i,.
this sp^dd.-l
^....yaw.t.ani.a.,.UI.,.,^^
«atc.,
xliii
,
olivo-g.ii stnK-, wI.-m
it
is
so,n.tnn.s appnars to talc
ploasuro in baski„. l.i,h
a.ul .Irv
Its poeuha.. and very
de.n.Ie.l a.nplnl.ious
nature
.i
it ev
n
".toro.t.ng f,.o„. a biological
point of vie. than any of
its eo .
a.nong our .atracl.ans.
He describe,! its n.annor of
eatebin:
gl-nj,' My when thrown
on the surface of the water,
while a le.u or
jnoUonless fly would not be
'
touched
its swailowin
o
a
i^
.u
I
nrS
1Z
;
to w
,b the fibres wercMuade to
adhere.
a specnnen by H.ny
Hers,
K^^f
H.
before
,.f,,,,„,
the
,.
Institute.
1892 as g.ven
the de.scrip-
14th March
.n the Transactions of
the Institute, Voi. 'v,„, page
IHs!
then discus.sed the distribution
of the other batrachian
relatives
the New ,n the Atlantic
Provinces, and gave the
following list
he species known to belong
to the Province, on
good authorltv
In
the rnuseun. of the Pictou
Aca.iemy there were s^ecin.ens
o
U the
reptdm and butrachia of the list
except the Wood Tortoise,
whi
wa
given on the authority of Mr.
Jones. ,a a paper already
ref;rred tl
He
DATRACHIA AND
[No>»rnrIanur of
Class
Jo>.hu>:>.
..^I-t.Ua
Manual
-HATRACHIANS.
Order— .S'rt/a;/ifu/,/,^w.
1.
Amhlystoiim pmittatiiin (L).
Vellowspoltcd Salaiiiiindui).
3.
I'letlioflon erythroiiotiia ((Jreen).
(Ked-biicked Sithiinaiider).
?
Kutainia sirtalis (L).
(Coninion (iarter Snake),
Liopeltis vernalis (DeKay).
irtx.
((irass Snake).
Dieiiiyclylua viridesceiis (I!af).
(Red Eft, or Verniillioiispotted
Olive-Hack
OviXar —Totni-
and
Newt).
Bufo lentiginosus' (,Shaw).
(American Toadl.
5.
Hyla versicolor (Le Conte).
(Coinmon Tree Toad).
6.
Flyla Pickeringii (Holbrook).
(Pickerings Tree Toad).
Rana
viresceus (Kalni),
Frog).
Rana sylvatica (Le Conle).
(Wood Frog),
(Lfopard
8.
9.
Rana clamata
10.
(Bull-Frog).
»l£BfcW.i,iV-i
(I)aiidin).
FrogK
Rana Catesbiana (Sliaw).
((Jreen
Baseanion constrictor (L)
(Black Snake).
Diailophis punctatus (L).
(Ring-necked Snake).
4.
T).
Froi/.i.
4.
7.
mS.]
Storeria ocuipitoniacidata (Stor).
(Red Bellied Snake).
1.
'-'.
.'!.
3.
InrnM>rat,.,
Order— .SV/7»,(/.v.
(Blackish sp.)
Order- X'
II,.
Class— KEI'TILKS.
(
2.
OF NOVA SCOTIA.
of
Order
6.
7.
8.
9.
-7'«/7/,N.
Derniochelys coriacea (V'andolli)
(Leather Turtle).
C;iiclydra serpentina (L).
(Snapping Turtle).
Chry.seinys picta (Hermann).
(Tainted Turtle).
Chelopus insculptus (Le Coute).
(Wood Tortoise).