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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[Mar., 



1879, July, 1880, and April 7-18, 1882, prove most instructive, for 

 this locality is not far south of Bay Swamp, the Floridan extension 

 of the Okefinokee Swamp. Mr. Bell has the following list: 



Osceola elapsoidea, 

 Ophibolus getuliis getulus, 

 Natrix fasciata fasciata, 

 Natrix fasciata pictiventris, 

 Natrix fasciata sipedon, 

 Natrix fasciata erythrogaster, 

 Eutcenia sackenii, 

 Elaps fulvius,* 

 Ancistrodon contortrix,* 

 Crotcdus adamanteus. 



Abastor erythrogrammus,* 

 Farancia abacura, 

 Heterodon platyrhinus, 

 Heterodon simus* 

 Cyclophis cestivus, 

 Zamenis constrictor, 

 Zamenis flagellum, * 

 Coluber quadrivittatus, 

 Compsosoma corais couperii* 

 Pityophis melanoleucus, * 

 Osceola doliata parallela, 



Of the above 22 species, seven (with asterisks) are not in our list. 

 All of these seven we might expect in southeastern Georgia, and 

 were in our working hypothetical list before the trip was taken. 

 They represent the remaining Austroriparian forms which were not 

 taken by us, and with the truly Floridan peninsular snakes almost 

 complete the whole list of southeastern United States forms. Fur- 

 thermore, these seven (with Abastor erythrogrammus, a mud and 

 aquatic snake eliminated from consideration) represent the assem- 

 blage of southeastern species which most prefer the dry pine forests 

 of the Atlantic coast or dry open or sandy fields where the gopher 

 turtle occurs. We have no doubt that these seven occur on the 

 Atlantic seaboard to the immediate east of Okefinokee and also in 

 its outskirts. In fact, the natives held that there were several 

 kinds of snakes outside the swamp which were not within it, and, 

 among these, they named the coachwhip snake. Besides, the 

 gopher turtle, the associate form of the above seven, occurs outside 

 the swamp, but not within it. 



To the northwest about forty miles, at Nashville and Alapaha, 

 Ga., William J. Taylor, from July 19 to November 18, 1881, took 

 seven species of snakes, of which Elaps fulvius does not appear in 

 our list. The seven are: 



Sistr urns miliar i us , 

 Ophibolus getulus getulus, 

 Elaps fulvius. * 



Farancia abacura, 

 Heterodon platyrhinus, 

 Haldea striatula, 

 Natrix fasciata sipedon, 



In addition to these collections from Messrs. C. F. Batchelcler, 

 J. Bell and W. J. Taylor, Cope also had material from St. Simon's 

 Island. 



