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hiscutata): "This species is not vmcommon in the swamp vegetation 

 on the borders of the lake" (fig. 58). A series of specimens sent to 

 me from Flathead Lake, Montana, were taken on the shore of the 

 lakes and in neighboring swamps. I can find nothing on the food hab- 

 its of this garter-snake, but in view of these habitat notes it is prob- 

 able that frogs and fish form an important part of the food of the 



Fig. .■■|^. H.vi.ii.u ni TiiAMXurius ordinoides elegans. Klamath marshes, southern tiKEGcN. 



individuals found in these habitats. While, however, elegans thus 

 apparently prefers an aquatic habitat, it is probably not strictly 

 confined to the vicinity of water except in the more arid regions. 

 This conclusion is borne out by the fact that a specimen in the U. S. 

 National Museum from Boulder County, Colorado, is labeled "bare 



