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(Thomas)), and while excessively rare on Jamaica, is said to still be quite abun- 

 dant on Goat Island, not far from Old Harbor. It probably still occurs along 

 with the Iguana (Cyclura collei Gray) in the Heathshire Hills, in the southern 

 part of the island. 



Epicrates striatus (Fischer). 



Fischer, Abhandl. Naturh. ver. Hamburg, 1856, 3, p. 102, p!. 2, fig. 2. Boulenger, Cat. snakes Brit, 

 mus., 1893, 1, p. 96-97. Stejneger, The Bahama Islands, 1906, p. 336. 



This species occurs on San Domingo, New Providence, and Andros. In 



1904 I mentioned Bahaman specimens under the name of E. strigilatus Cope; 



since that time I have been able to compare much additional material, and now 



subscribe to the views of Boulenger, Stejneger, and, more recently, Rosen, that 



the San Domingan and Bahaman individuals are conspecific (Barbour, Amer. 



nat., 1906, 40, p. 230). 



Epicrates monensis Zenneck. 



Zenneck, Zeit. wiss. zool., 1898, 64, p. 64, pi. 3, fig. 58-62. Stejneger, Rcpt. U. S. nat. mus., for 1902, 

 1904, p. 692. 



This boa, confined to Mona Island is one of a number of small species whose 

 status and relationships are as yet more or less enigmatical. 



Epicrates chrysogaster Cope. 

 Cope, Proc. Amer. philos. soc, 1871, 11, p. 557. Stejneger, The Bahama Islands, 1905, p. 335. 



Stejneger has pointed out that this species should be kept separate from its 

 ally, E. fordii (Giinther), from Haiti, on account of having forty-three rows of 

 scales, and fifty-four dorsal spots, whereas E. fordii has 33-37 scale rows, and 

 69-78 dorsal spots. It is confined to Turk's Island, and is also very closely 

 related to the preceding. 



Epicrates fordii (Gijnther). 



GiJNTHER, Proc. Zool. soc. London, 1861, p. 142, pi. 23. Boulenger, Cat. snakes Brit, mus., 1893, 1, 

 p. 98. 



Boulenger unites this species with the preceding, but probably this form 

 from Haiti is not really the same as the Turk's Island species. More material 

 is badly needed of all these boas. 



Epicrates inornatus (Keinhardt). 



Reinhardt, Danske vid. sclsk. Afhandl., 1843, 10, p. 253. Stejneger, Rept. U. S. nat. mus. for 1902, 

 1904, p. 688. 



This boa, closely related to the Jamaican yellow boa, and but recently 

 recognized as distinct, is confined to Porto Rico. It has grown very rare, and 

 recent collectors have had great difficulty in procuring specimens. 



