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several species is very incomplete, and it is hoped 

 that additional data may soon he recorded. The only 

 previous list referring to the turtles of the island is 

 that of Mr. G. P. Engelhardt in The Museum News, 

 Brooklyn, Vol. VIII, 1913, p. 128. Mr. Engelhardt 

 includes in his list the wood tortoise (Chelopus in- 

 sculptus), but lie has since informed me that subse- 

 quent investigation has not confirmed the validity of 

 a supposed record for this species. 



1. Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli). Leather- 

 back turtle. Of occasional occurrence along our coast. 

 Large specimens have been taken several times on 

 New Jersey beaches, once at New London, Conn., 

 twice or more in Buzzards Bay, Mass., and at least 

 once on the coast of Nova Scotia. 



Dr. Frank Overton writes me that a "1,000- 

 pound leatherback was caught in a sturgeon net off 

 Patchogue about twenty years ago." 



2. Caretta caretta (L.). Loggerhead turtle. 

 This species has an observed range in the Atlantic 

 extending from the coast of Scotland to 37° south 

 latitude. It is a regular summer visitor to Long Is- 

 land, frequently entering inlets from the Sound. In 

 July, 1905, Mr. Gustavus Tooker captured a sixty- 

 five pound specimen in Mt. Sinai Harbor by spearing 

 it in the back with an eel-spear. In July, 1910, I 

 bought an example weighing over 70 pounds in 

 Fulton Market. It had been captured near New 

 York. 



Others, including one weighing 400 pounds, have 

 been taken within New York Bay. During late No- 

 vember I once found five small loggerheads, of about 

 twenty pounds weight, on the South beach at Mt. 

 Sinai.' They had probably been killed by the cold and 

 had been thrown up along the tide line. Two small 

 specimens in the Brooklyn Museum were taken at 

 Lynbrook by Mr. Jacob Doll. 



Mr. Roy Latham, of Orient, has records for this 

 species from June 14, 1907, to December 4, 1915. 



