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compare the 84 on the 32-year turtle, marked a num- 

 ber of them at that period, and agrees that there is 

 every reason to believe in the authenticity of the dat- 

 ing on both. Another pretty surely authentic one ta- 

 en recently, July 1, 1017, was marked C. R. [Charles 

 Ross] 04, making it over 13 years old. This last had 

 the growth-rings on the scales about half obliterated. 

 It evidently had not grown since marked, and was a 

 small individual with the plastron 4->4 inches. 



The Box Turtle is numerous at Mastic, and dur- 

 ing the past three or four years a number have been 

 marked with the idea that the ability to recognize 

 individuals might bring out interesting points con- 

 cerning growth or habits. Very few have been found 

 a second time. 



One which was picked up July 15, 1916, per- 

 haps one-half mile from the house, and liberated at 

 the house on the following day, was found again on 

 June 9, 1917, near its original locality. 



One found and liberated near the house on July 

 9, 1916, was found in the same locality on July 5, 

 1917. 



On June 18, 1916, one was taken on a bay 

 meadow about one mile from the house, an unusually 

 wet locality for the species, and liberated at the house. 

 September 4th of the same year, it was found swim- 

 ming along the bay side of the same meadow close 

 under the bank. 



Perhaps some reader of Copeta can furnish fur- 

 ther information as to whether individual Box Tur- 

 tles have definite narrow territories which they fre- 

 quent and to which they will return. The above 

 instances are so few that they may be due to coinci- 

 dence. The Forest and Stream article already re- 

 ferred to speaks of the faithfulness of an old turtle 

 to one narrow locality. 



As regards this species' habit of eating mush- 

 rooms, Latham says (Copeia No. 34), that at Orient 

 Russula ohscurus is devoured almost exclusively. 



