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there are only one or two records for each of these two areas but numbers 



were seen, although not collected, in the Grand River in Lake County. The 



only specimen seen in southeastern Ohio, besides the one recorded from Marietta, 



was in the abandoned Ohio and Erie Canal near Rushtown in Scioto County. 



Ohio locality records are: 



Ashland County: Clear Fork State Park, Hanover Twp. (TZS 2286-7). 

 Ashtabula County: Eagleville (CMNH). Brown County: Higginsport (OSM 

 402.1); White Oak Creek, 1 mi. N of Higginsport (TZS 1873). BuTLER CoUNTY: 

 Westchester (TZS 362). CosHOCTON County : Walhonding River (OSM 409). 

 Cuyahoga County: Rockport, Berea (Morse, 1904). Defiance County: Defiance 

 (Kirsch, 1895). Erie County: (UMMZ 32867); Huron (OC) ; Sandusky (Dit- 

 mars, 1907; OSM 146.1-.2; UMMZ 40721; USNM 6719-22); Sandusky Bay 

 (USNM 51187); Venice (Babcock, 1919). Franklin County: (OSM 316; 

 USNM 26040-1); Columbus (OSM 146.3); Jackson Twp. (OSM 236); Scioto 

 River below Columbus (OSM 318). Hamilton County: Cincinnati (Morse, 1904); 

 Ross Lake and Bloody Run (now Cincinnati) (McLain, 1899). Hancock County: 

 Blanchard River, Findlay; Williamstown (TZS 2276). Hardin County : Blanchard 

 (USNM 21626). Highland County: Pond near New Market (TZS 637). Knox 

 County: Brinkhaven (AS). LiCKINC County: Wakatomika Creek. Fallsburg (OSM 

 418.3). Lorain County: Lorain (OC). Lucas Counts- : Bono; East Toledo; 

 Maumee River, Maumee (TZS 430, 514); Miami and Erie Canal, Toledo (TZS 

 1969); Swan Creek, Monclova (TZS 1442); Pt. Place, Toledo (TZS 1944); Swan 

 Creek, Toledo (OSM 199); Toledo (Smith. 1882; OSM 263.1); Maumee River, 

 Waterville (TZS 1774). Miami County: Greenville Creek, lJ,/2 mi. S of Covington 

 (TZS 939). Montgomery County: Stillwater Creek, Dayton (OSM 317). Ottawa 

 County: Lakeside (USNM 51198); Port Clinton (TZS 306; USNM 51183) 

 Put-in-Bay (USNM 21124); Terwilliger's Pond, Put-in-Bay (OSM 281; SL) 

 Toussamt River, 10 mi. W of Port CHnton (USNM 21123). Paulding County 

 Antwerp (Kirsch, 1895; OEE). PuTNAM CoUNTY: Ottawa (Kirsch, 1895). Pick- 

 away County: Big Darby Creek (OSM 319). Ross County: Paint Creek, near 

 Greenfield (CSNH 1868). SanduskY CountY: Mouth of Sandusky River (USNM 

 51201). Warren County: Waynesville (CSNH 1507). Washington County: 

 Marietta (USNM 7576). WiLLIAMS CouNTY: St. Joseph's River, near Blakesley 

 (OSM 249; TZS 409); St. Joseph's River, Edgerton. Wood County : Maumee 

 River, Grand Rapids (USNM 21620); Maumee River near Perrysburg (OSM 200; 

 USNM 51181); Maumee River, opposite Waterville (TZS 190). 



Habitat and Habits. — The map turtle is one of the most difficult turtles to 

 collect. It is extremely wary and is usually found in places where it is next 

 to impossible to catch it. A favorite habitat is in the larger rivers. In these it 

 appears to be equally at home in the deep parts as in the shallow, and when 

 disturbed, it almost invariably heads to depths into which it is impossible for 

 the collector to follow. It dives at the least alarm and swims under the water 

 for a considerable distance and may or may not reappear upon the surface a 

 few moments later. If it does come up, however, it is usually so far away as 

 to be well out of reach of a landing net. It selects a basking place on a rock 

 or log or other prominent situation in a stream from which it has a clear view 

 of the surrounding territory. Almost any unusual noise or movement will 

 send it scuttling into the water, and the slamming of an automobile door or 

 the flight of a large bird overhead were observed to cause it to take alarm. It 

 is nearly impossible to stalk large adults. Specimens often congregate in num- 

 bers and as many as ten were seen sunning upon a single log. If one dives 

 into the water all the others within sight usually follow suit. 



While the majority of map turtles collected in Ohio were found in the 



