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There are two or three specimens of snakes I brought 

 home not yet made out, which will perhaps be found to 

 be new species. 



EUTAINIA PICKERINGII. (Baird and Girard.) 

 Pickering's Garter Snake. 



This snake I found on the Sumass and Chelukweyuk 

 prairies, as well as along the entire course of the Bndy. 

 Line to the Eocky Mountains. I also saw it in Cali- 

 fornia and Oregon. 



They come out of their winter sleeping places in 

 May, and then lay about the edges of the brush, lazily 

 sunning themselves. About a month later coupling 

 time arrives, when they get near the water, and are 

 usually seen in small groups. In the hot summer 

 weather they spend nearly the whole of their time in 

 the water. They are quite harmless, and feed princi- 

 pally on small Batrachians and insects. 



EUTAINIA LEPTOCEPHALA. (Baird and Girard.) 



The Small-headed Striped Snake. 

 The same remarks apply to this as E. Pickeringii. 



EUTAINIA VAGRANS. (Baird and Girard.) 

 The Large-headed Striped Snake. 



The same range and habits as the two preceding 

 species. 



EUTAINIA CONCINNA. 



The One-striped Garter Snake. 



Not so common on the west of the Cascades as the 

 preceding species of Garter snakes, but I saw it at 



