REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF TEXAS 61 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1841. (1) Kennedy, William. 



Texas: The Rise, Progress and Prospects of the 

 Republic of Texas. (In two volumes.) London R. 

 Hastings, 1841, Vol. 1. 



Notes on the Alligator and other reptiles. 



1852. (2) Baird, Spencer F., and Charles Girard. 



Characteristics of some New Reptiles in the 

 Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. (First 

 Part.) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1852-3 (1854), 

 pp. 68-70. 



The following species are described from Texas 

 examples : 



Crotaphytus wisUzenii B. and G., n. s. (New 

 Mexico and Texas.) 



Phrynosoma modestum Girard, n. s. 



Heterodon nascius B. and G., n. s. 



Churchillia bellona B. and G. (Pityophis sayi 

 bellona B. and G.) is described from the Rio Grande 

 and the type may possibly have been collected in 

 Texas territory. 



1852. (3) Baird, Spencer F., and Charles Girard. 



Reptiles (of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake). 

 Stansbury's Exploration and Survey of the Valley 

 of the Great Salt Lake. 



Philadelphia, 1852, pp. 336-353. 



Contains references to Texan reptiles. 



1852. (4) Baird, Spencer F., and Charles Girard. 



Characteristics of some New Reptiles in the 

 Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Second 

 Part. Containing the species of the Saurian order, 

 collected by John H. Clark, under Col. J. D. Graham, 

 head of the Scientific Corps, U. S. and Mexican 

 Boundary Commission, and a few others from the 

 adjoining territories, obtained from other sources, 

 and mentioned under their special headings. 



