768 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898 



being as large aa waluiits and covered with spines. Mr. E. R, Quick, of Brookville, 

 Indiana, an accurate observer of nature, writes to me that he once found a black 

 viper pairing with a sjiotted one. The time, he thinks, was late in June. The time 

 of gestation of this species is not known. It may continue from spring until 

 autumn. Possibly the late-pairing individuals may retain their eggs until the next 

 spring. Nor do wo know how long the eggs are laid before they are ready to hatch. 

 These matters are known concerning very few of our snakes, and a wide iield is 

 offered for work and observation. 



Heterodon platyrhinus Lat7'eille, 

 SPOTTED rOKM. 



/-,„.„, ' Number 



Catalogue ^^.^p^^i. 



mens. 



426 



1162 



8027 

 5036 

 1160 

 1201 

 1199 



6066 

 1189 

 6480 

 1264 

 7265 

 8765 

 4815 

 7256 



1266 

 1130 

 1244 

 1210 



4769 

 6446 



7117 



10599 

 10327 

 10477 

 11426 



9756 

 1204 li 

 8355 



975C 

 13983 



14630 

 14506 

 15239 

 15550 

 15562 

 16435 

 17124 



17470 

 17332 

 17464 



17392 

 17569 

 17816 

 17951 

 1153 



1184 



8364 

 4836 



Locality. 



Virginia. 



When 

 collected. 



Carlisle, Pennsylvania 



Vineland, New Jersey 



Micanopy, Florida 



Calcasieu Pass, Louisiana 



ISIississippi 



Charleston, South Caro- 

 lina. 



Fort Riley, Kansas 



Tyree Springs, Tennessee 



Independence, Missouri . . 



Fort Snelling, Minnesota . 



Eutaw, Alabama 



Belleville, Illinois 



Southern Illinois 



Washington, District of 

 Columbia. 



San Pedro, Texas 



Marietta, Ohio 



Texas 



Charleston, South Caro- 

 lina. 



Fort Eiley, Kansas 



do 



Wilmington, North Caro- 

 lina. 



Nashville, Tennessee 



Laurel, Maryland 



Gainesville, Florida 



Laurel, Maryland 



Sept. — , 1874 



From whoni received. 



Dr. C. B. E. Kennerly . . . . 



Prof. S. F. Baird . . . 

 Mrs. Mary Treat . . 



Dr. T.H.Bean 



G. Wurdemanu 



Dr. B. F. Sbumard . 

 Prof. K. Owen 



Dr.Jarvis,U. S. A 



Prof. R.Owen 



Dr. J.G. Cooper 



Dr. Geo. Suckloy, U.S.A. 



Dr. A. Reuss 

 R. Kennicott 



Dr. S. W. Woodhonse. 

 Prof. A. Winchell .... 



Aug. 3, 1880 

 July 1, 1879 

 July—, 1880 



H. Brandt. 



William J. Taylor . 

 George Marshall . . 

 James Bell i 



do. 



Mount Carmel, Illinois. . . 



Goldsboro ugh , North 

 Carolina. 



Statesville, North Caro- 

 lina. 



Laurel, Maryland 



Brightwood, District of 

 Columbia. 



Virginia 



Coast of North Carolina . . 



District of Columbia 



Cook County, Texas 



San Diego, Texas 



District of Columbia 



Takoma Park, District of 

 Columbia. 



Glasgow, Kentucky 



Laurel, Maryland 



St. Georges Island, Mary- 

 land. 



Eastland, Texas 



Scarboro, New York 



Mount Vernon, Alabama . 



Veeder.sburg, Indiana 



Charleston, South Caro 

 lina. 



Somerville, North Caro- 

 lina. 



Kinston, North Carolina. . 



Brookville, Iowa 



June 3, 1878 

 Nov.—, 1881 



Nov.—, 1877 

 June 3, 1881 



-, 1854 



Henrj' Marshall. 



L. M. Turner 



H.W.Welsher.. 



A. L. Barringer. 

 H.Marshall.-.. 



J. H. Kuehling 



Captain Evans 



H. W. Henshaw . . . 



G. H. Ragsdalc 



W. Taylor 



A. Brown 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt 



W.T.Owsley ... 

 C.W.Richmond. 

 J. D. Figgins 



C.W.Richmond... 



A. H. Thaver 



Dr. R. W. ishufeldt 



Dr.O.P.Hay 



Dr. S. B. Barker . . . 



J. C. McNair 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



J. W.Milner 



Dr. W. A. Hammond, 

 U. S. A. 



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Cast, 

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