TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 719 
tion of the Club. The following specimens were captured and 
shipped to the Park: 
Seven alligators; 4 gopher tortoises; 10 box tortoises; 39 
mud turtles; 5 diamond-back rattlesnakes; 10 water moccasins; 
2 copperhead snakes; 1 pine snake; 7 coachwhip snakes; 10 
blacksnakes; 3 corn snakes; 11 chicken snakes; 4 ring-necked 
snakes; 1 scarlet snake; 1 mud snake; 4 sand ‘‘adders’’; 12 hog- 
nosed snakes; 8 banded water snakes; 2 pilot water snakes; 1 
red-bellied water snake; 1 green garter snake; 1 red garter 
snake; 11 king snakes; 1 blue-tailed lizard; 1 red-headed lizard; 
2 race-runners; 10 fence swifts and 6 chameleons, a total of 175 
specimens, representing 30 species. 
A considerable part of the Curator’s vacation period was 
spent in visiting mountain ledges in New York, Connecticut and 
Massachusetts, where “dens’’ of rattlesnakes had been located. 
This hunting resulted in the capture of a fine series of timber 
rattlers, which filled several cages. 
Keeper George Palmer returned from a vacation trip in 
August with over a hundred harmless snakes, of eleven species. 
These specimens formed a splendid display in the lobby of the 
Reptile House, where they were provided with descriptive labels 
to set forth the reptiles of New York State. 
Through considerable correspondence the Curator of Rep- 
tiles obtained a very rich series of turtles and tortoises, which 
formed an attractive display in the numerous yards of the turtle 
tank. 
Among the more important gifts received during the year 
were the following: 
Six alligators; 1 caiman; 1 matamata; 1 red-footed tortoise; 
2 Muhlenberg’s turtle; 1 Cuban turtle; 1 South American tegu; 
1 African chameleon; 1 iguana; 8 Texas horned toads; 32 rattle- 
snakes; 3 copperhead snakes; 1 water moccasin; 1 red garter 
snake (exceptional variety) ; 60 Arizona water snakes; 1 gopher 
snake; 1 bull snake and 1 Boa constrictor. 
Among the more important purchases during 1919 were the 
following: 
Two iguanas; a series of small lizards from Arizona; 4 ana- 
condas; 7 Boa constrictors; 2 Central American boas; 10 Texas 
