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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



Cat. No. 9537, type of ^. /•. twiningii; gastrosteges 166-1; urosteges 65. 



Type of ^. r. mdanotcvn'ia; length, 285 mm.; tail, 65 mru. 



The EuUcnia radix resembles considerably the E. sirtalis. The 

 increased number of rows of scales and different positions of the lateral 

 stripe distinguish it. 



Eutania radix Jiaird and Girard. 



Catalogue 

 No. 



9537 

 9540 

 9541 

 9539 

 9538 

 719 



8058 

 5485 

 660 

 712 

 7246 

 7241 

 9528 



9529 

 9530 

 9531 



722 

 12035 



525 

 9535 



5355 a 



9250 



1044 



8058 



668 



605 



8581 



9719 



711 



707 



18014 



21270 



21257 



22404 



22406 



22646 



Number 

 of speci- 

 mens. 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



Locality. 



Milk Eiver, Montana 



Freuchmans River 



do 



Turtle Mountain, Montana 



Mouse River, Montana 



Racine, Wisconsin 



Fort Snelling, Minnesota . 

 Fort Ripley, Minnesota. .. 



Platte River, Mi.ssouri 



Fort Benton. Missouri 



Britlgers Pass, Wyoming.. 

 Fort Union, New" Mexico. 

 Pembina 



-do 

 -do 



Mouse River, Montana . .. 



Nebraska 



Mount Carruel, Illinois . . . 



Pole Creek, Nebraska 



Northern IJoundary Sur- 

 vey. 



Nebraska 



Lake Winnipeg 



Racine, Wisconsin 



Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 



Nebraska 



Hridgers Pass, Wyoming. 



Pueblo, Colorado 



Wyoming 



Yellowstone River 



Fort Pierre, Nebraska 



St. Louis, Missouri 



Chadron, Nebraska 



Platte River, Nebraska. .. 



Regina, Assiniboia 



Rush Lake, British North 

 America. 



Canada 



When 

 collected. 



July 15,1874 



,1874-5 



-,1873 



July 22,1873 

 June 5, 1873 



June — , 1873 

 June -, 1873 

 Aug. 10, 1873 



Nov. 



From whom received. 



Dr. E. Coues,TT.S. A. 



Russell 



Dr. E. Coues,U. S. A. 



do 



do 



Dr. P. R. Hoy 



W.S.Wood 



^. B. MoUhausen 



Dr. E. Coues, U. S. A . 



do ,.. 



.....do 



do 



M.Walker ... 

 L. M. Turner . 



Dr. E. Coues,U. S. A. 



— , 1853 



D. Gunn 



Prof. S. F. Baird- 



June 10, 1876 



Lieutenant Bryan 



Dr. Hammond 



H. W. Henshaw 



Lieut. Crawford, U. S. A 

 Dr. F. V. Hayden 



Julius Hurter 



U. S. Fish Commission 

 do 



John Macoun 



do 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



Dr. B. W Evermann. 



Alcoholic. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



Alcoho 1 i c 



type. 



do. 



do. 



do 



do. 



do. 



do. 

 Alcoli olic 

 and young. 

 Alcoholic. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



Dr. Henry Brous thus writes of the habits of the Eutcvnia radix: ' 



Several of the sninmers I passed upoa the plaius were preceded by rainy springs, 

 awelliug to unusual height the small streams, which became inhabited by small fishes. 

 During the drought of hot summers the receding waters left the fishes in shallow 

 pools witbiu creek bods, an easy prey to their numerous enemies. 



The midday heat caused numbers of snakes to seek shelter from the suu, and the 

 garter snake ^ /i/'wto'w m radix) in particular chose water at this time. Here the fislics. 

 unable to escape or to find deep water, were unwilling cotenants with the 8ual<i8. 

 The latter are fond of fish, and would devour groat numbers of the smaller ones, 

 chasing them from one part of the shallow pool to another. When the fishes were 

 in water too shallow to swim in, or were struggling upon the sand, they would be 

 seized by the snakes, who would feed upon them until unable to contain more. The 

 snakes would follow the fish through the water, diving and remaining submerged 

 sometime. I did not observe them swallow air (see Am. Nat., Jan., 1880). Snalies 



'American Naturalist, XVI, 1882, p. 564. 



