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disappear in the fall. It was first noted March 22, 1885 and March 20, 

 1 886. Mr. Edw. Hughes reports seeing one apparently verv recently 

 killed, Nov. 7, 1886: at that date the ground was frozen, and on 

 the 5th there had been a fall of two inches of snow. This snake 

 appears to be very irregularly distributed. It has been recorded 

 from but two localities in Ohio, and appears to be rare in Indiana 

 outside of the vVhitewater valley, where it is common. 



Cyclophis wstiTits. Linn. Summer Green Snake. — A speci- 

 men of this species is in the collection of the Brookville Society 

 of Natural History. It was presented by the late T. B. VVard, of 

 (iuilford, Dearborn Co., Indiana, by whom it was taken near that 

 place. It has never been taken in this county, and this is, so far 

 as I know, its first record in southeastern Indiana. It has but one 

 Ohio record. 



Tropidocloniiuii kirtlandi. Kennicott. Little Red Snake. — 

 Mr. C. H. Hollman informs me, upon the authority of Dr. D. S. 

 Jordan, that specimens of this species have been taken in Monroe 

 county, Indiana. 



Carphophiops hcleiue. Kennicott. Helen's Wor.m Snake.— 

 Mr. Bollman has taken two specimens of this si)ecies in Monroe 

 county. 



Spelcrpcs h/ioicainius ((ireen) Bd. Cave Salamani>er. — This 

 species, previously known from one locality, has been taken in 

 northeastern part of the county, not far from the Ohio line. 



Cistindo Carolina, (Linn.) Cope. Common Land Tortoise. — 

 In an article on the "Hibernation of the Lower Vertebrates," in 

 the American Naturalist, for January, 1885, I gave some-notes from 

 observation on this tortoise. They apparently emerge from their 

 winter homes in this latitude late in April, or, in backward springs, 

 early in May. I have noticed them mating as early as May 7th. 

 Mr. E. R. Quick brought me five of six eggs taken July (6, i886- 

 The following are appro.ximately the measurements in inches and 

 hundredths, of four of them — owing to the fact that they were 

 quite f.hrivelled when measured, they are not perfectly accurate : 



•95X1.50; .85X1.40; .85X1.52; 87X1.55- 

 These eggs were almost ready to hatch. Usually these tor- 

 toises "hole up" by the middle of October at latest, but a friend 

 found one apparently in excellent condition upon the public road 

 November 17, 1886. Prior to this date the thermometer had 

 twice registered as low as 18°. 



