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sections of the country. Accordingly having had the 

 opportunity this summer of getting the specimens to 

 make some measurements from the neighborhood of 

 Rockport and Gloucester, Mass., I present the results 

 here : 



5 Aug. 6 bore 19 young. 



The Garter Snakes of this region show somewhat 

 more uniformity in coloring than those of the Middle 

 Atlantic States. I have found that most of the adults 

 are a very dark brown or black in the ground color, 

 the stripe being fairly clear and well denned. As a 

 rule, too, the spots are not as prominent as in speci- 

 mens that come from the region to the south. 



F. G. Speck, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



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