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of U. S. National Museum for 1898). "Herpetology of 

 Missouri" by Julius Hurler, (Transaction of the Acade- 

 my of Science of St. Louis, 1911), contains good descrip- 

 tions and very interesting accounts of the species found 

 in that state. 



Two of the most useful and captivating books on this 

 subject may be found in the Nature Library published 

 in 1907 by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York; one is 

 entitled "The Reptile Book" by Raymond L. Ditmars, 

 and the other "The Frog Book" by Miss Mary C. Dick- 

 erson. These two volumes give interesting and enter- 

 taining descriptions and beautiful plates, some colored, 

 of nearly all Turtles, Crocodiles, Lizards, Snakes, Toads, 

 and Frogs of the United States. A work almost indis- 

 pensable to any student and collector is : "A Check List 

 of North American Amphibians and Reptiles" by Leon- 

 hard Stejneger and Thomas Barbour, published by the 

 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 

 1917. 



On May 27, 1921, while paddling down the Locust Fork of the 

 Warrior River with two companions, we saw one of these snakes 

 swimming across the river near Sayre, Jefferson County. One of 

 my companions killed it before we realized that it was this harm- 

 species. R. M. Harper. 



ERRATA. 



Page 5. For Lingusta (suborder) read Linguata. 



Page 27. For footnote relating to Heterodon contortrix see 

 page 53. 



Page 42. The footnote on this page refers to Chelydra serpen- 



tina 



Page 46. Under Gopherus polyphemus, after Alabama records 

 msert: Dog River and Grand Bay, Mobile County. 



Page 53. The note on this page is a footnote relating to Hetero- 

 don co-itortrix, accidentally omitted from page 27. In the last 

 line the last syllable of harmless was left out bv the printers. 



