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xi. YELLOW-NECKED MUD TURTLE, Cinosternum flavescens 27 

 ARIZONA MUD TURTLE, Cinosternum benrici. Lar- 

 gest of the North American Mud Turtles . . 27 

 xiii. BELL'S TERRAPIN, Cbrysemys belli ... 34 

 CHICKEN TURTLE, Cbrysemys reticulata . . 34 

 xiv. Young Specimens of PAINTED TERRAPIN, FLORIDA 

 TERRAPIN, LESUEUR'S TERRAPIN, and WOOD and 

 SPOTTED TURTLES . . . . . . 35 



xvi. TROOST'S TERRAPIN, Cbrysemys troosti. Sold Under 



the General Title of "Sliders" ... 46 

 Young of the YELLOW-BELLIED TERRAPIN, Cbrys- 

 emys scabra ...... 46 



xvii. Young FLORIDA TERRAPIN, Cbrysemys floridana. . 47 



FLORIDA TERRAPIN, Adult . . ... 47 



xviii. GEOGRAPHIC TERRAPIN, Malacodemmys geograpbica. 50 



LESUEUR'S TERRAPIN, Malacodemmyslesueurii . 50 



xix. DIAMOND-BACK TERRAPIN, Malacodemmys palustris 51 

 WOOD TURTLE, Cbelopus insculptus. Protected from 



Capture in New York . . . . -51 



xx. SPOTTED TURTLE, Cbelopus guttatus ... 62 



MUHLENBERG'S TURTLE, Cbelopus mubleriberv'i . 62 

 xxi. BLANDING'S TURTLE; SEMI-BOX TURTLE, Emys blan- 



dingii ....... 63 



PAINTED Box TURTLE, Cistudo ornata ... 63 



Common Box TURTLE, Cistudo Carolina . . 63 



xxii. THREE-TOED Box TURTLE, Cistudo triunguis . . 64 



BAUR'S Box TURTLE, Cistudo bauri ... 64 



xxiii. GopHERToRToiSE, Testudo polyphemus . . 65 



xxiv. DESERT TORTOISE, Testudo agassi%ii ... 68 



Plastron of the DESERT TORTOISE . . 68 



xxv. BERLANDIER'S TORTOISE, Testudo berlandieri v 60 



Plastron of BERLANDIER'S TORTOISE ... 69 



xx vi. Eggs of Trionyx spintfer . . . . .76 



Head of Trionyx spinifer ..... 76 



Front of Carapace, SPINY SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE, 



Trionyx spinifer ...... 76 



Young of the SOUTHERN SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE, 



Trionyx ferox ...... 76 



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