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Additional published records are as follows: 



South Carolina: Oconee County, Jocassee (Franklin Sherman, 1938, in Hit.). 



North Carolina: Brunswick County, 7 miles west of Wilmington (Brimley, 1927, 

 p. 12); Cherokee County, Topton (Brimley, 1928, in litt.); Moore County, 

 Southern Pines (Brimley, 1918b, p. 92); Aberdeen (Brimley, 1922, p. 64); 

 New Hanover County, Wilmington (Myers, 1924, p. 61; Brimley, 1928, in 

 litt.); Richmond County, Hoffman (Brimley, 1927, p. 12); Swain County, 

 Bushnell (Brimley, 1915, p. 10). 



Tennessee: Blount County (Dunn, 1917, p. lOl). 



New Jersey: Ca-pe May County, Formosa Bay (Moore, 1893, p. 878); Monmouth 

 County, Lakaway Plantation, Hornerstown (Engelhardt, 1916, p. 7); Ocean 

 County, Laurelton, Forked River, Lakewood, 5 miles south of Lakewood (all 

 Conant and Bailey, 1936, p. 5). 



New York: Rockland County, Tallmans Mountain near Nyack (Wallace, 1902, 

 p. 139; Eckel and Paulmier, 1902, p. 373; Bishop, 1918, p. 35). 



Of the last locality listed, Wallace (1902, p. 139) says: 



The occurrence of the pine snake in Rockland County is possibly explained 

 by the migration of a single specimen, or of a pair of specimens, beyond the north- 

 ern Hmit of their habitat, southern New Jersey. A series of such migrations, 

 extending through a period of time, would, of course, tend to establish the southern 

 parts of Rockland County as the northern limit of distribution of the pine snakes. 

 It would however seem best to wait until further evidence can be secured before 

 placing the pine snake permanently in the state fauna. 



Bishop (1918, p. 35) says: "The single New York specimen does not 

 necessarily indicate that the range of the Puie snake extends naturally 

 as far north." The New York specimen is probably a straggler, but 

 extensive collecting in northern New Jersey and southeastern New 

 York might reveal additional specimens and show southeastern New 

 York to be a true part of the range of this form. 



Habits and habitat.— Although few specimens of this form have 

 been preserved in collections, it has long been with naturalists a 

 favorite subject for observation, and more has been recorded of its 

 habits than of those of any other member of the genus, with the 

 exception of s. sayi. 



Probably the earliest record is Bartram's (1791, p. 276), in which 

 he says: 



The pine or bull snake is very large and inoffensive with respect to mankind, 

 but devours squirrels, birds, rabbits, and every other creature it can take as food. 

 They are the largest snake yet known in North America, except the rattlesnake, 

 and perhaps exceed him in length; they are pied black and white; they utter a 

 terrible loud hissing noise, sounding very hollow and like distant thunder, when 

 irritated, or at the time of incubation, when the males contend with each other 

 for the desired female. These serpents are also called horn snakes, from their 

 tail terminating with a hard, horny spur, which they vibrate very quick when 

 disturbed, but they never attempt to strike with it; they have dens in the earth, 

 whither they retreat precipitately when apprehensive of danger. 



These remarks serve as the basis of Daudin's description (1803, 

 vol. 6, p. 409), which is quoted above (p. 53), and that of Holbrook 



