Allen.] 182 [December 2, 



he remembers the specimen well, and that it was carefully identified ; 

 on his authority I give it as a Massachusetts animal. 



15. Heterodon platyrhinos LatreUIe. (Storer's Rep., p. 23).) 

 Hog-nosed Snake. " Blowing Adder." " Flat-head." Common. 

 Especially numerous on our dry sandy plains, where it is the most 

 abundant species. 



Dr. Storer states in his Report that he had never seen a specimen 

 of this animal, but says he is assured by Dr. Holbrook that he (the 

 latter) possessed a specimen captured at Medfield. It also occurs 

 quite plentifully, as I have recently learned, in the sandy regions of 

 Barnstable County.^ I was surprised to find, a few years since, that 

 its existence in Massachusetts was generally doubted by the naturalists 

 in the eastern part of the State. 



16. Liopeltis vernalis Cope. (Chlorosoma vemalis Bd. and 

 Gir. ; Coluber vernalis De Kay, Storer's Rep., p. 224.) Green Snake. 

 " Grass Snake." Not very uncommon, though much less numerous 

 than formerly. 



17. Storeria occipito-maculata Bd. and Gir. (Coluber 

 occipito-maculatus Storer's Rep., p. 230.) Spotted-necked Snake. 

 Not uncommon. First described by Dr. Storer in his Report on the 

 Reptiles of Massachusetts. 



18. Storeria DeKayi Bd. and Gir. (Coluber DeKayi Holbr.; 

 C.ordinalus Linn., Storer's Rep., p. 223.) De Kay's Snake. Like the 

 last, not uncommon. The first specimens of this species seen by Dr. 

 Holbrook, its first describer, were furnished him from this State by 

 Dr. Pickering. It was not made known to science as a distinct 

 species till after the publication of Dr. Storer's Report, Dr. Storer 

 and other earlier writers confounding It with a strictly southern 

 species, the C. ordinafus of Linnasus. 



19. Diadophis punetatus Bd. and Gir. (Coluber jnmctatus 

 Linn., Storer's Rep., p. 225.) Ring-necked Snake. Not very un- 

 common ; about as numerous, apparently, as the two preceding species. 



20. Carphophiops amoenus Cope. (Coluber amcenus Say, 

 Storer's Rep. , J). 226.) Worm Snake. "Little Red Snake." "Ground 

 Snake." Rather rare ; apparently much less numerous than ten years 



1 In the list of donations to the Museum of the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory, mentioned as received Oct. 17, 1866 (see Proc, Vol. XI, p. 240), is a " Hog- 

 nosed Snake " from Cape Cod, presented by Mr. F. G. Sanborn, which, excepting 

 the case cited by Dr. Storer, is the only record I have seen of its occurrence in 

 Eastern Massachusetts. 



