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town (WED 268); Straight Creek, 3 mi. E of Georgetown (WED 280, 377-8); 

 Straight Creek, 6 mi. S of Georgetown (WED 108-12); White Oak Creek. Newhope 

 (WED 241, 382). Butler County: Bull Run, Oxford (MU 1); Reily (GF). 

 Champaign County: 1 mi. W of Springhills (WED 242). Clark. County: I mi. 

 W of Springfield (WED 309). Clermont County: Cloverlick Creek, 2 mi. N of 

 Bethel (WED 388); Goshen (WED 220, 238); V/l mi. NW of Owensville (WED 

 233-5); Twelve-mile Creek, S of Batavia (WED 231-2). Clinton Counts-: 

 (DPLM 648.44) ; Anderson's Fork (DPLM 383.44) ; S of Westboro (WED 387). 

 Darke County: (USNM 128059-62). Defiance Counts': Auglaize River, I mi. 

 SW of Defiance (OSM 748.1-2); Lost Creek (UMMZ 84714). Fayette County: 

 (UC 4). Franklin County: Black Lick Creek, Madison Twp. (SL 995); Alum 

 Creek, Mifflin Twp. (OSM 645). Greene County: Anderson's Fork (DPLM 

 379.44); Beaver Creek, near Alpha (WED 98); Bellbrook (WED 177); Caesar 

 Creek (DPLM 570.44); Glen Helen. Yellow Springs (WED 257-8). Hamilton 

 County: Mt. Healthy (CSNH 2633). Hardin County: 3 mi. E of Mt. Victory 

 (OSM 869; WED 101, 113). Highland County: Buford (UC 8). Hocking 

 County: Ash Cave (WED 347); Cedar Falls (OUVC 2389); Clear Creek at 

 Hocking River, Good Hope Twp. (WED 349); near Old Man's Cave (CM 21682); 

 South Bloomingville (WED 343); 4 mi. S of South Bloomingville (HTG — 4 specs.). 

 Jackson County: (OUVC 134); Jackson Twp. (OUVC 569-70). Jefferson 

 County: Amsterdam (OUVC 827, 829). Lawrence County: Union Twp. 

 (OUVC 1859). Logan County: 21/2 mi. SE of Indian Lake (WED 102); Mad 

 River, southern Liberty Twp. (UMMZ 84715). LuCAS CoUNTY: Little Cedar Point 

 (OSM 609). Marion County: 1 mi. S of Marseilles (UMMZ 98773). Miami 

 Counts-: Ludlow Falls (DPLM 609.44; WED 104); West Milton (WED 323). 

 Montgomery County: Dayton (DPLM 82.42. 318.44; UMMZ 95358—7 specs.); 

 Englewood Dam. Randolph Twp. (DPLM— 27 specs.; WED 99-100, 103. 193; 

 USNM 129032-5); Northridge (DPLM 69-71.45); Taylorsville Dam. Butler Twp. 

 (DPLM 514.44. 568.44; USNM 129036-43); Wolf Creek, Dayton (DPLM 

 363.44). Ottawa County: Catawba Island (OSM 899); Marblehead (UMMZ 

 97057—2 specs.). PiKL County: Pike Lake (DPLM 248-50.44); Pike State Forest 

 (WED 106). Preble Counts- 1 mi. E of Camden (USNM 129056-7); Camp 

 Myron Kahn. 2 mi. S of Camden (MU 4-5. 16); Gratis (USNM 129058). Ross 

 County: 5 mi. SSE of Greenfield (WED 197). Scioto County: B;ar Creek. Mor- 

 gan Twp. (SL 732); Roosevelt Game Preserve (UMMZ 98024). Shelby Count^': 

 Brush Creek. 2^i mi. SSW of Sidney (WED 246-8) ; east end of Loramie Lake 

 (WED 244). Vinton County: Raccoon Creek. Vinton Twp. (OUVC 573). War- 

 ren Counts : l'/2 mi. SSE of Roachester (WED 224-6). 



A specimen collected at Fort Ancient, Warren County, by Walter on May 

 4, 1941, disgorged a larval salamander at the time of its capture. Duellman 

 reports the birth of twenty young to a female from 3 miles east of Mt. Vic- 

 tory, Hardin County; the mother, which measured 32i/4 inches in length, was 

 caught on July 28, 1946. The young, bom on September 3, 1946, varied 

 from 8 to 9 1/4 inches and averaged 8% inches. 



Sportsmen's organizations and magazines, many state fish departments, 

 and so-called conservation groups have long and loudly advocated the destruc- 

 tion of the water snake, basing their argum.ents upon the assumption that the 

 fewer predators there are the more fish there will be for the angler. Recent 

 research tends to refute this theory and to indicate, paradoxically, that Matrix 

 may play an important role in providing better fishing. 



Lagler and Salyer (1947) have reported upon the stomach contents of a 

 large series of Natrix s. sipedon collected in Michigan. Fish constituted by 

 far the greater part of the food, but the large majority of water snakes collected 



