species is rapidly nearing extinction, owing to the 

 demand for the plates which cover the carapace. 

 The specimen on exhibition has been polished; in 

 nature, the plates are rather dull in color. 

 Conclusions 

 For the use of the plate entitled "Remarkable 

 Salamanders of the Southeastern U. S." we are 

 much indebted to the authorities of the Field Mus- 

 eum of Natural History. It is reproduced from 

 "Salamanders of the Chicago Area" by Mr. K. P. 

 Schmidt (Field Museum Zoology Leaflet 12). The 

 figures illustrating the scalation of snakes are repro- 

 duced from "Snakes of Utah" by Herbert Pack. 

 The remaining illustrations are from drawings by 

 Mr. Samuel Loring. 



If the above account should interest anyone 

 in the fertile field of herpetclcgy, upon which it 

 so briefly and inadequately touches, the time and 

 labor expended in compiling it and in preparing 

 the exhibition which it is intended to illustrate will 

 be considered well spent. 

 A Partial List of Literature Used in Compiling 

 this Pamphlet; 

 Barbour, T. Reptiles and Amphibians. (Cambridge, 



1923). 

 Blanchard, F. Revision of the King Snakes, Genus 

 Lampropeltis. (Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 114). 

 Boulenger, A. Catalogue of the Reptiles, British 



Museum. 

 Cope, E. D. Batrachia of North America. (Bull. 



