Southern Utonian | 1887-12-16 | Page 3 | A Connecting Link

A connecting link the bar ramanda proves to be a connecting link of primary rank between the oldest surviving sur surviving riving group of fishes and the lowest lok vest air breathing i animals tile lae the frogs and sal amanders it leaves its native streams at night and sets out on a foraging expedition after vegetable food in the neighboring woodlands it has both lungs and gills it can breathe either cither air or water at will or if it chooses the two together though covered with scales and most fish like in outline it presents points of anatomical resemblance both to sala salamander mandere anil and lizards and is a connecting bond between the north american inus mud fish on oil the one I 1 liand hand and the ivond wonderful erful on tile tho other chicago news i