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Georoian Bays. There is a dubious record from "near Buffalo, New York." 

 The approximate range of the western subspecies, Elaphe vulpina vidpina 

 (Baird and Girard), is indicated by the large dark area on Map 13, but. in 

 addition, vulpina is now known from extreme eastern Nebraska and extreme 

 southeastern South Dakota. New Ohio records for the fox snake are: 



Erie Count\-: Margaretta Twp. (AMNH 49901); Sandusky (AMNH 3502; 

 BU 1842). Lucas County: Little Cedar Point, Jerusalem Twp. (ANSP 21650 [the 

 type specimen]; ANSP 21651 [allotype]; ANSP 21652-61; CA 6935; ISC 7 [all 

 para-topotypes] ; OSM 575; CM 20631-9); Toledo (OUVC 1218). Ottawa 

 County: Bay Pomt (CMNH 156); Catawba Island (OSM 675); 5 mi. E of Part 

 Clinton (UMMZ 98526); South Bass Island (UMMZ 95974). 



Three large females from Little Cedar Point, Lucas County, deposited eggs 

 at the Philadelphia Zoo on July 20, 21 and 23, 1938, respectively. Data on 

 these have been published (Conant and Downs, 1940, 38), but the extremes 

 and ineans are noted in the following table: 



Table 5 

 Eggs and Young of Elaphe vulpina gloiiJi 



Five of the eggs of clutch II hatched in September, 1938. The mean length of the 

 babies was 321 mm. (125/g inches) and the mean weight 14 grams. 



Mattlin (1948) has reported upon a clutch of 20 eggs deposited on 

 August 5, 1947, by a female gloydi from the same locality. Ten of his eggs 

 remained in good condition and began hatching on September 18; the means 

 for 7 young were 294 mm. (11% inches) and 11.7 grams. Two of Mattlin's 

 eggs, when opened, were found to contain fully-developed, but badly deformed, 

 snakelets. 



Lampropeltis getuliis nigra (Yarrow) 



Black King Snake 



(Page 63; maps 14 and 51 ; plate 9, fig. 1) 



The black king snake may now be recorded from a fourth county (Jack- 

 son), which extends the range slightly farther north. New records are: 



Jackson County: Liberty Twp. (OUVC 314. 1851); Rock Run, Liberty Twp. 

 rOSM 593); Scioto Twp. (OSM 755). Scioto County: Shawnee State Forest 

 (WED 141). Johnson also has obtained specimens from several other localities in Sci- 

 oto County: 2',/2 mi. SE of Henley, Union Twp.; 3 mi. SW of Portsmouth, Wash- 

 ington Twp.; in and near the Roosevelt Game Preserve, Nile Twp.; and S of Rush- 

 town, Rush Twp. 



