12 JU'LLETIX Jl, INITKI) STATES NATIONAL MU.SKl'M. 



1851'. GiHAUD, ('iiAi!ij;s, H-Uh .Si'ENCEK F. 13a1hi»— Coutinucd. 



Scelojyoroun or.cidf>itali>:, ii.s • 17" 



California, probaljly Oivj^oii. 

 Sceloporoim frontalin, ii. s I''-' 



Paget Sound. 

 Elgaria principis, li. s. 



Oregon and Piiget Sound. 

 FAgaria fonnona, n. s. 



California. 



FAgaria grandis, n. s • 176 



Tropidoiwtus ordinoides, n. a. 



Pugot Sound. 

 Wenona, n. g. 

 Wenotia Jsahella, n. a. 



Pugct Sound. 

 Calamaria temiix, n. s. 



Paget Sound. 

 Crotalus lucifer, n. s. 



Oregon and California. 

 Emyg marmorata, n. s. 



Puget Sound. 



38. 



1853. GiRARD. Charlk.><, with Spencer F. Baird. Catalogue | of | North American 

 Reptiles | in the Museum of tlie | Smithsouian lustitutiou. | — | Parti. — Ser- 

 pents. I By I S. F. Baird and C. Girard. | — [Seal of tht^ Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion.] I W:ishin<;ton : | Smithsonian Institution. | January, 1853. [Accepted 

 for publication November, 1852.] 8vo, pp. xvi, 172. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Preface - v 



Introduction vii 



Explanation.s of Terms )ised. 



Synop.si.s of families and genera and sy.'itcniatic order of .specie.s of Nortli American 

 Serpents ix 



Catiilogue of Serpents 1-144 



Appendix A. — Species examined, of which no specimens are in possession of the 

 Smith.souian Institution 145 



Appendix B.— Species d(^scribed by authors, but of which no specimens could be 

 obtained 150 



Appendix C— Species collected on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey 

 by .John H. Clark and Arthur Schott, under Maj. Wm. H. Emory, and received too 

 late for insertion in their proper places - 156 



Appendix D. — Index of Sources from which the specimens have been received 162 



Appendix E. — Index of States and Territories from which specimens have been re- 

 ceived 164 



Alphabetical Index 165 



1. Vern-icuLir Names 1C5 



2. Systematic Names 167 



Although published under the names of the two authors as a joint production, this work 



is a .series of monographs for which the individual authors only claimed to be responsible. 

 The record of authorship is lost. In the following list of species discussed, the parts written 

 by Professor Baird, so far as he can recall the matter to memory, are printed in italic type, 

 those by Girard in heavy-faced tyjie. 



" In the present catalogue it is i)roi>osed to present a systematic account of the collection 

 of North American Serpents in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. In the Appen- 

 dix will be found such species not in possession of the Institution, as could be borrowed for 

 description, as well as notes on more or less authentic species of which no specimens could 

 be found. 



"A complete synonomy of all the species has not been attempted, as tending to swell the 

 bulk of a catalogue too mu(;h. All thosi% however, necessary to a ])roper understanding of 

 the history or character of the species, have been introduced, and all the .synonyms (juoted 

 have been actiudly verified by original reference. 



" Owing til the want of ostecdogical preparations, it has been a difficult task to arrange the 

 genera in a natural succession. In many cases forms are now combined which will hereafter 



