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18, 191'i, a set of six eggs of the grass snake were found in the grass 

 near an abandoned log pile south of Douglas Lake. Tliese eggs hatehed 

 two days later. 



18. DiadopJiis punctata (Linnaeus). Ring-necked Snake. Rare in 

 the Douglas Lake region. The writer has seen only four snakes of this 

 species collected in tliis region, all of wliich were found under fallen 

 timber north of North Fishtail Bay, Douglas Lake, during the summers 

 of 1914 and 1915. One specimen of the ring-necked snake was collected 

 by Dr. F. C Gates and Dr. J. H. Ehlers between Cecil and Great Stone 

 Jiay near the shore of Lake Michigan, August 19, 191(5. 



19. Lampropeltis doliatii.s truni(jidiis (Boie). King Snake. A fairly 

 common- snake in tlie drier parts of the aspen country near Douglas and 

 Burt Lakes. One specimen was found between Lancaster and Mud 

 Lakes, Cheboygan County, in August, 1916. Most of the individuals 

 of this species examined were ratlur large, ranging from 18 to 34 

 inches in length. 



20. Thamnophis sauritus (Linnaeus). Ribbon Snake. A common 

 snake in the Chamaedapline bogs and near sedge pools, often locally 

 very abundant or very scarce. Prof. A. C. Conger collected several 

 ribbon snakes in the vicinity of Douglas Lake during 1915 and 1916 

 which measured 30 inches or more in length. This snake was taken at 

 Cecil, Emmet County, August 19, 1916. 



21. Thamnophis sirtolis (Linnaeus). Common Gartersnake. The 

 most abundant and most noticeable reptile of the region. Also taken at 

 Cecil, Emmet County. Several of the many specimens collected in the 

 Douglas Lake region showed the conspicuous red bars between the scales 

 on the sides of the body which are so characteristic of the western species. 

 Thamnophis parietalis (Say). 



22. Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus). Snapping Turtle. One speci- 

 men of this turtle was captured on the west shore of Douglas Lake in 

 August, 1913. and a second, near Bessey Creek, in July, 1915. Several 

 of the residents of the vicinity told the writer that the "Snapper" was 

 common in Douglas I>ake 20 years ago. It is not common in this region 

 at present. 



23. Chrysemys cinerea (Bonaterre).. Western Painted Turtle. 

 Common in the lily ponds of Douglas, Munro and Lancaster Lakes. 

 This turtle was collected occasionally in Bessey Creek and in the oxbows 

 on Maple River. Eggs of this sjjecies were dug from the soft sand near 



