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victim, which was over three inches longer than the 

 "rattler," had been swallowed head foremost, and, be- 

 cause of its greater length lay in lateral folds in the 

 stomach of the Sistrurus. As a result the latter snake 

 was much distorted in outline. Due to handling and 

 a consequent nervous reaction the Rattlesnake later 

 disgorged its lengthy meal. 



Clarence R. Halter, 



New York, N. Y. 



RING-NECK SNAKE AT ORIENT, 

 LONG ISLAND 



In Copeia, April, 1915, issue, a list of Long Is- 

 land snakes is given with two stations for the Ring- 

 neck Snake: Port Jefferson and Yaphank. 



On September 12, 1915, while plowing in a 

 weedy corner between two plots of woodlands, I 

 turned out a young Ring-neck (Diadophis pimc- 

 tatus). It was five inches in length, of an uniform 

 dark-gray above, the light band very prominent. 



A small boy following in the furrow, who first 

 called my attention to the specimen, reported that 

 there were two of the same species; one quickly es- 

 caping into the thick bramble at the wood-margin, that 

 one being much larger, as much as ten inches in 

 length. 



These were evidently hiding underneath loose 

 turfts of sod. Much rubbish, boards, logs, stones and 

 odds and ends are piled in the edge of the woods there. 

 Although many searches have been made, no signs 

 of others have appeared. 



It is interesting to record a third station on Long 

 Island for this secretive little reptile. 



Roy Latham, 



Orient, N. Y. 



LOS ANGELES SALAMANDERS 



In a branch canyon of Topango Canyon, near 

 Santa Monica, California, is a small pool from which 



