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Article X. — 'Notes on Illinois Beptiles and AmjMbians, includ- 

 ing several Species not be/ore recorded Jrom the Northern 

 States. By H. Garman". 



Emys meleagris, Shaw. 



This fine turtle was as late as 1870 rather common about 

 water on the prairies of central Illinois. It is now very rare, 

 only one example having been taken by me in the past six 

 years. 

 Chrijsemijs belli., Gray. 



Very common in the sloughs of the bottom-land at Quincy. 

 It has not been taken elsewhere in the State, Closely related 

 to C. marginata, but I have not seen in many hundred painted 

 turtles examined during eight years' collecting, an intermediate 

 example. The species is not included in Dr. Jordan's Manual 

 of Vertebrates of the Northern United States. 



Chrysemys marginata^ Ag. 



Very abundant in ponds and lakes throughout Illinois. It 

 is much like C. belli, but may be distinguished by the different 

 markings of the plastron. It has probably been mistaken for 

 the eastern C. picta., a species which has been recorded from 

 Illinois, but which I am inclined to believe does not occur in 

 the State. 

 Pseudemys troosti, Holbr. 



Not common anywhere within our limits. Three fine ex- 

 amples taken by the writer from a pool on an island in the 

 Mississippi River at Quincy are the only ones in the State Lab- 

 oratory collection. It occurs also in the lower Wabash region. 

 Pseudemys cojiciuna, LeC. 



This is a southern terrapin closely related to the edible P. 

 rugosa. A fine large example was sent me some years ago 

 from Mt. Carmel, 111., wh^re it was captured by my friend, Dr. 

 J. Schenck. Several others have been observed in the same 

 locality. The extralimital distribution of the species includes 

 all the States from North Carolina to Texas. It occurs also, 

 according to Prof. Louis Agassiz, in Arkansas and Missouri 



