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range, as we have collected or received it from the counties listed 

 in a following table: 



Adams County Hartman, E. W Cashtown. 



Beaver County Mansfield, I. F Beaver. 



Bedford County Beemiller, Frank Bedford. 



Berks County Deng'ler, J. B Tulpehocken. 



Blair County Riddle, Miss Bertha Bushman. 



Bradford County Seward, F. H Wyalusing. 



Cambria County Uneapher, D. H., Ebensburg. 



Chester County, Mast, A. H., Elverson. 



Clearfield County, Care, J. G., Irvona. 



Columbia County Stahl, H. R Light Street. 



FrankliH County, De Long, C. A Mont Alto. 



Huntingdon, Mierley, K. W Mapleton Depot. 



Pouse, C. S. , Aiitch. 



Indiana County Wehrle, R. W Indiana. 



JefCerson County, Brian, Chas., Brockwayville. 



Lackawanna County Croasdale, W. D., Chinchilla. 



Lawrence County Hawthorne, L. H., New Castle. 



Lehigh County, Kocher, J. F Walberts. 



Lycoming County Van Housen, Bruce, Williamsport. 



Spencer, Douglas Williamsp'ort. 



Perry County, Brightbill, H. A Marsh Run. 



Callender, G. S., Duncannon. 



Snyder County, Keller, W. J Beaver Springs. 



Somerset County, Suhrie, J. E Crumb. 



Sullivan County Wieland, W. S., Nordmont. 



Washington County, Couch, Merle Canonsburg. 



It is no doubt to be found in almost every county in the State, 

 as it is to be seen that the list given above represents nearly all 

 parts of Pennsyhania. It is to- a considerable extent nocturnal in 

 habits, and during- the day time is often found beneath stones, logs 

 or bark. Its dark color renders it nearly the color of the damp 

 soil where it lives. It depends upon its protective coloration for 

 concealment. The largest specimen which we have received is 

 seventeen and one-half inches in length, Tliis is from Cannonsburg, 

 Washington county. 



There has been almost nothing published about the reproductive 

 methods of the Ring-necked Snake, but we are prepared to state 

 here positively that it is ovijiarous, or lays eggs. The latent gonads 

 or undeveloi)ed eggs are one-fourlh inch in length and commence 

 to develop in May, when they reach a length of one-half inch, and 

 by the middle of June they are pracHcally developed, or over one 

 inch long. They are laid from the middle of June to July or August 

 and each is covered with a thin opaque shell, white and leathery, 

 and very irrej^^ular in shape and size. They hatch in Sejitember and 

 October, and the young are about four inches in length at the time 

 of hatching. 



