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HERPETOLOGY OF MICHIGAN. 



frequentl}' obscure there is a narrow black line on the fifth and 

 occasionally on adjacent parts of the fourth and sixth dorsal rows 

 on either side and one on the median (tenth) row. Occasionally 

 the entire area between the lower lateral line and the light lateral 

 stripe on the second and third rows appears blackish. Ends of 

 ventrals with the lower part of the first scale row usually brownish, 

 forming a dark band. Belly dull yellow with two parallel bands 

 of brown that are broken by the narrow pale margins of the scutes 

 and unite into a single, narrow, median band on the throat. 



Hahits ami HaVitat: Little is recorded on the habits of this 

 snake. Morse (1904, 132) states that it is often found hanging 

 over a stream from projecting willoAvs from which it glides rapidly 

 into the water when disturbed." It is apparentl}^ quite aquatic. 

 Atkinson (1901, 119) states that in its stomach "crayfish are most 

 frequently found, also occasionally fish and small frogs." Surface 

 (1906, 151) examined four specimens which had eaten crayfish, 

 and one of these had eaten a toad. Ortmann (1907, 495) states that 

 crayfish form an important part of its diet and that he has seen it 

 disgorge Camharus ohsourus when captured. 



Range: The species has been reported from: Grosse Isle (Baird 

 and Girard, 1853, 45, 46), Michigan (Sager, 1839, 302; Miles 1801, 

 233; Holbrook, 1842, IV, 51), Ann Arbor (Smith, 1879, 6), Eaton 

 County (Clark, 1902, 194), Olivet and Montcalm, Kalamazoo and 

 Van Buren Counties (Clark, 1905, 110). The writer has examined 

 numerous specimens from Washtenaw County, and one from the 

 vicinity of Manistee, Manistee County. 



CLONOPHIS KIKTL.ANDII (Kenuicott). 



KIRTLAND SNAKE. 



Regina kirtlandi, Smith, 1879, 6. 



Glonopliis kirtlandi, Clark, 1905, 109. 



IS^atrix Urtlandii, Cope, 1900, 997. Notestein, 1905, 116. 



Desaiption: A rather small snake attaining a length of about 

 eighteen inches. Head small and pointed, sloping downward from 

 the nape; sides not concave in front of eye, the latter small and 

 slightly protruding. Nasal plates united above the nostril. The 

 scutellation of the two Michigan specimens examined is as follows : 



