5. Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer), Red-bel- 

 lied Snake. Two records : — pine woods at Yaphank, 

 July. 1911, and Mt. Sinai, September 11, 1914. 



6. Zamenis constrictor (Linn.), Black Snake. 

 Common, especially in sandy regions near the south 

 shore. Not known from the Orient Point district, but 

 found sparingly on Gardiner's Island. Dates, April 

 15, 1913, East Marion; Oct. 8, Gardiner's Island. A 

 specimen taken at East Marion on May 15, 1912, 

 measured 70 inches in length. 



7. Liopeltis vernalis (DeKay), Grass Snake. 

 One taken at Easthampton in July (G. W. Hollis- 

 ter). Observed at Mt. Sinai in July. 



8. Diadophis punctatus (Linn.), Ring-neck 

 Snake. One taken at Port Jefferson in June, 1906. 

 Yaphank, May-July. 



The Yaphank colony of Ring-neck Snakes, so 

 far as captures during several years indicate, is re- 

 stricted in range to the woods bordering a cranberry 

 bog on the Weeks' estate. 



Long Island examples of this snake seem to dif- 

 fer considerably from typical mountain specimens. 

 The cervical ring is very narrow on Long Island spec- 

 imens in the Brooklyn Museum collection, being only 

 one scale, or one scale and a half, in width, and some- 

 times broken by the dark line of the dorsal ridge. 

 Specimens from Stowe, Vermont, have strongly 

 marked rings often three scales in width. 



9. Ophibolus doliatus triangulus (Daudin), 

 Milk Snake. General in distribution, but not com- 

 mon. Coldspring Harbor, several records ; Yaphank, 

 July, 1910; Orient, June, 1908; Greenport, May, 

 1909; Southold, October, 1911. 



10. Carphophis amoenus (Say) , Worm Snake. 

 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, May, 1913; Jamaica 

 South, May, 1906; Bay Shore, 1913. This species 

 still persists within the city limits of Brooklyn, but it 

 is commonly overlooked because of its burrowing hab- 

 its. It may often be found hiding under logs or 

 boards. 



