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arid 25. In no case did I find more than three eggs in the oviducts. 

 These were elliptical in form and nearly as large as the eggs of 

 Chrysemys. The shell is hard and of a china-like consistency, 

 brittle but capable of withstanding considerable pressure." 



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Fig. 47. Distribution of Kinosternon odoratum. 

 Horizontal ruling, specimens examined ; vertical ruling, reports only. 



The same writer (1906, 146-147) records the following notes on 

 the food habits : "I have caught them at dusk, crawling about in 

 the grass and have seen them catching and eating slugs'' (p. 147) ; 

 ''They are the scavengers of the lake, feeding on all sorts of ma- 

 terial, from dead molluscs to kitchen refuse. They refuse nothing 

 that could be construed as edible. If food is placed in the midst of 



