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Shoreham, September 24, 1915. 2 specimens 

 from an old well. Sent to Brooklyn Museum. One 

 7Y2 inches long is still living, the other, about same 

 size, escaped. 



Jamaica (Hill Section). 1 specimen about 7 

 inches long shown by Hermann Rabenau at Brooklyn 

 Aquarium Society Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, 

 October, 1915. 



Middle Island, October 10, 1915. Dr. Frank 

 Overton, 1 specimen sent to American Museum of 

 Natural History. 



All the Long Island specimens examined vary 

 but little in color pattern, which shows numerous ir- 

 regular, olivaceous blotches, forming more or less 

 connected bands at the sides and on the tail. The 

 ground color is dull black above and lead-color below. 

 The under-side of the head is olive-yellow. Of four 

 living specimens now at hand, two males and two 

 females, the latter are marked with blotches decidedly 

 more olive-yellow than those of the males. 



Search for adults under logs, stones, etc., in re- 

 gions where they are known to occur failed so far. 

 Apparently they have the habit of wandering con- 

 siderable distances from their breeding places, hiding 

 during the day in deep burrows, stone walls, drains, 

 etc. The foreman of the I. Hudson Estate near Sy- 

 osset told the author that a number of specimens are 

 found nearly every year about the stables or under 

 rubbish heaps. He also mentioned the reluctance of 

 some of the workmen to clean the catch-basins be- 

 cause "there's lizards in 'em." 



Captive specimens have been fed principally 

 earthworms and also on tadpoles, small fishes, and 

 caterpillars. They are voracious and omnivorous 

 feeders. When hungry they will snap at a finger or 

 anything held dangling before their mouths. Earth- 

 worms are shaken vigorously bull dog fashion, be- 

 tween gulps, until swallowed. The Museum speci- 



