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species were numerous. About this lake cotton-mouth snakes 

 were uncomfortably numerous in the alders. The lake north 

 of the track lies in a more barren country, is surrounded with 

 bulrushes, and fairly teems with alligators. Neither bulrushes 

 nor alligators were noticed at the other lake. When we were 

 at this north lake dragonflies were very rare, excepting 

 Brachymesia gravida, of which there were a great many teneral 

 individuals. Snakes were very numerous (we caught 57 large 

 ones one day), but no cotton-mouths were seen. In one day 

 we caught 39 alligators, one of them over 9 feet in length. 

 Alligator paths were everywhere through the tall bulrushes, 

 and the large alligators were in holes and burrows among 

 these rushes, while the small alligators lay in the mud in shal- 

 low water about the edges of the lake. Large handsomely col- 

 ored bullfrogs were also taken in considerable numbers at this 

 lake, but were not seen at the other. 

 May 22, about Black Bayou, near the section house, and later 



at the lake visited May 20. 

 May 23, about Black Bayou and in railroad cut near it, and 



en route to Bay City, Texas. 

 May 24, at pools along St. L. B. & Mex. R. R. and along 



Colorado River, near Bay City. 

 May 25, at Matagorda, along shore and along river. 

 May 26, at Williams Lake, reached by driving from Bay City. 



A beautiful small lake which would well repay careful 



and prolonged collecting. 

 May 27, pools along railroad near Bay City, and in evening to 



Clifton, Texas. 

 May 28, rained all day. 



May 29, along North Bosque River above Clifton. 

 May 30, along river below Clifton. 

 May 31, along very small stream on left bank of river above 



Clifton. 



June I, same as May 31. 

 June 2, en route to Wister, Oklahoma. 

 June 3, about artificial lake along railroad about i l / 2 miles 



north of Wister. 



