TEMPERATURES IX TURTLES. 



439 



TABLE III. 



PAINTED TURTLE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND BODY TEMPERATURES; 



SLOW COOLING. 



tin- external environmental drop than the painted form 

 when (..Midi l.y cither procedure. The chief point of intcrr.-t 

 in tin ci.nijt.iri~. the location of the point of check in the 



(li..j) uhich i~. ti\ rees lower on the average for the snapping 

 uirilr. \i> (loiil.t ilit-se differences may be correlated to some 

 extent, uith tin- ci'iuji.ir.itive dilTerences in extent of soft 1><1\ 

 p.iri- .1- a inji.iic.l t<i the harder parts in the two forms, Inn 

 d.it. i mi HUM jK.ints are not yet available. A typical protocol 

 1. 1 the experiments with the snapping turtles is as follows. Four 

 Hi.i|>jH i- were pi. iced in containers at 10 o'clock on August 51)1, 

 in \\..trr di.iuii from the tap at a temperature of 60 degrees. 

 Tlu-y \\ere Mibjrcted to slow cooling by the addition of ice to 

 tin mm T container and records taken at intervals for four hours. 

 In Table IV. .in- given data from specimen C of tin s< 

 \M -iiJiiii^ am> .ind which is typical of them all. 



TAHI.K IV. 



PING I i KIM 





B 



ODY TEMPERATURES. 



