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on back obscure, most so in males. Females with four series 

 of small light spots down back. 



"Underparts, in the male, blue throughout} belly-patches 

 not separated by a lighter or darker mid-ventral line; throat 

 evenly colored, light blue to snout and lips, and lighter in 

 lint than general ventral color; blue of belly not separated 

 from throat patch by a lighter or darker area across gular 

 region (young specimens excepted). Female more richly 

 colored below than in bi-seriatus; lighter than male; belly- 

 patches separated by a faintly lighter area; chest lighter 

 than belly; one extensive throat patch as in male; blue not 

 always extending to beneath hind limb." 



Remarks. — In size, this subspecies equals the largest speci- 

 mens of S. o. biseriatus. The dorsal scales seem more num- 

 erous than in that subspecies. Mr. Camp states: "A number 

 of individuals at hand in a large series of S. o. bi-seriatus 

 from the southern Sierras in Kern and Tulare counties and 

 farther north are, of all our specimens, the closest in size 

 and ventral coloration to taylori; they are, however, of 

 greenish and more dusky shades of blue beneath than the 

 nev/ form, and their status must be held questionable pend- 

 ing the acquisition of material from the headwaters of the 

 Kings and San Joaquin rivers. A male specimen, one of 



