List of Half-tone Illustrations 



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xi. YELLOvr-NECKEDM-VoTuRTLE, CinosUrnumflavescevs 27 

 Arizona Mud Turtle, Cinosternum hcnrici. Lar- 

 gest of the North American Mud Turtles . 27 

 xiii. BhLLs'VERRAPW.Chrysemys belli • • • 34 

 Chicken Turtle, Chrysemys reticulata 34 

 xiv. Young Specimens of Painted Terrapin, Florida 

 Terrapin, Lesueur's Terrapin, and Wood and 

 Spotted Turtles . . . 35 

 xvi. Troost's Terrapin, Chrysemys troosti. Sold Under 



the General Title of "Sliders" ... 46 

 Young of the Yellow-bellied Terrapin, Chrys- 

 emys scahra ...... 46 



xvii. Young Florida Terrapin, Chrysemys floridana. 47 



Florida Terrapin, Adult . . ... 47 



xviii. Geographic Terrapin, Malacoclemmys geographica. 50 



\^EZUEVR'&'YERR\?\n, Malacoclemmyslesueurii . 50 



xix. Dia.mond-back Terrapin, Malacoclemmys palustris 51 

 Wood Turtle, Chelopus insculptus. Protected from 



Capture in New York . . -5' 



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XX. Spotted Turtle, Chelopus gutiatus 



Muhlenberg's Turtle, Chelopus tnuhlenbergii 

 xxi. Blanding's Turtle; Semi-box Turtle, fw^i 6/an 

 dingii ..... 



Painted Box Turtle, Cistudo ornata 

 Common Box Turtle, Cistudo Carolina 

 xxii. Three-toed Box Turtle, Cistudo triunguis 



Baur's Box Turtle, Cistudo bauri 

 xxiii. GopherTorjoise, Testudo polyphemus . 

 xxiv. DesertTortoise, Testudo agassi^ii 



Plastron of the Desert Tortoise 

 XXV. Berlandier's Tortoise, Testudo berlandieri 



Plastron of Berlandier's Tortoise 

 xxvi. Eggs of Triaiiyx spinifer 

 Head of Trionyx spinifer 

 Front of Carapace, Spiny Soft-shelled Turtle 



Trionyx spinifer .... 

 Young of the Southern Soft-shelled Turtle 

 Trionyx ferox .... 

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