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Kansas State University, for the use of undetermined material in the museum 

 of that institution, and for several interesting notes ; to Prof. E. D. Cope, for 

 the determination of difficult species and for other favors; through Prof. S. 

 F. Baird, to Mr. S. C. Brown, of the Smithsonian Institution, for a list of the 

 Kansas reptiles and batrachiaus in the National Museum ; to J. S. Nolan, of 

 the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, for a similar list, drawn up 

 from the collection of said Academy; through Mr. J. A. Allen, to Mr. S. 

 Garman, of the Cambridge Museum of Comparative Zoology, for a similar 

 list of specimens under his charge, as well as for other favors ; to Prof Wil- 

 liam Wheeler, of Ottawa, for notes on the tortoises, etc., of the Osage river 

 at that point; to Mr. Harvey Worrall, of Topeka, for the names of speci- 

 mens in the collection at the State House; and to Col. N. S. Goss, of Neosho 

 Falls. 



Of the published writings which I have found useful in the study of Kansas 

 herpetology, the most important are. Cope's " Check-list of North American 

 Batrachia and Reptelia," (the classification and nomenclature in which are 

 followed in the present paper ;) Dr. Hallowell's writings in Proc. Phila. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., 1856, pp. 238 and 309 ; Miss A. E. Mozley's " List of Kansas Snakes 

 in the Museum of the Kansas State University," (Transac. Kan. Acad. Sci., 

 VI;) Agassiz's "Contributions to the Natural History of the United States," 

 I; and Jordan's " Manual of the Vertebrates." 



TESTUDINATA. 

 Emydid^e, 



Cistudo ornata Agass.: Western Box-tortoise. Appears to be rather com- 

 mon at Manhattan, and westward throughout the State. Its eastern limit 

 has not been definitely ascertained. I have observed Cistudo common at 

 Topeka, but whether of the ornata or clausa type, I am unable to state. A 

 young specimen of ornata, taken at Manhattan, by Prof. Popenoe, shows a 

 slight approach to clausa, in having a partially developed keel. 



Cistudo clausa Gm. : Box-tortoise. Prof. Wheeler writes me that he has 

 observed this species at Ottawa. This is doubtless nearly the western limit 

 of its distribution. 



Cistudo clausa Gm., var. triunguis Ag. : Three-toed Box-tortoise. A 

 single specimen, observed by Prof. Popenoe, at Manhattan. Osage river 

 (Agassiz). 



Chryseviys oregonensis Harl. : Golden Tortoise. The range of this species 

 is given by authors as extending over nearly the entire region west of the 

 Mississippi and east of the Pacific slopes. 



Chryseviys jncta Herm. : Painted Tortoise. An Eastern species, but doubt- 

 less ascending the Missouri and its tributaries well into the State. Under 

 the name of C. Bellii, Agassiz has accorded its abundance in western Mis- 

 souri. Prof Popenoe writes me that he has observed in the Kansas river a 

 tortoise which he believes to be of this species, but not having obtained a 

 specimen, is not quite sure. 



