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Spots; the miizzlo and sides of tlie head predominatingly olive. 

 Chin and throat inmuicnlate Aell<»w. Le«is olive or liiiht brown witli 

 niottlings ol' black or dark brown. 



Habits (fiid Hdhitat: Little has been recorded on the liabits of 

 the lUanding turtle. Ditinars (11)07, 57) writes on the subject as 

 follows: ''Althongh fnliy as agile in the water — in swimming, div- 

 ing and remaining a considerable time beneath the surface — as 

 the typical pond and river turtles and terrapin, this species often 

 evinces a desire to Avander about on land, and while it seldom ven- 

 tures from wet, marshy areas, prowls about through the under- 

 growth in search of tender shoots, berries and insect larvae, a 

 character quite in opposition to the feeding habits of the strictly 

 aquatic turtles and terrai)ins, which are unable to feed unless 

 under the water. Blanding's Turtle feeds with equal readiness 

 tipon the ground, or under water. Captive specimens are very fond 

 of lettuce; they also feed voracioush' upon earthworms, small 

 fishes, tadpoles and young frogs, actively pursuing these creatures 

 in the water and seizing them by a sudden dart of the head. Well 

 fattened specimens are unable to employ the hinged plastron to 

 but a slight extent and Avith such individuals the rear lobe is quite 

 useless in covering the hind limbs Avhicli bulge from the shell in 

 helpless fashion." 



Range: The species has been reported from: ^lichigan (Agassiz, 

 1857, 442; Miles, 1861, 233), Ann Arbor (Smith, 1879, 7), Eaton 

 County (Clark, 1902, 193), Ann Arbor, Olivet, and Kalamazoo 

 and Van Buren Counties (Clark, 1905, 110), Sand Point and Stony 

 Island, Huron County (Ruthven, 1911a, 271). Walnut Lake, Oak- 

 land County (Hankinson, 1908, 23G), and Cass County (Thompson, 

 1911, 107). The writer has seen specimens from: Washtenaw 

 County, Au Sable Eiver, Oscoda County, Brighton, Livingston 

 County, Walnut Lake, Oakland County, Cass County, Alma, 

 Gratiot County, Sand Point and Stony Island, Huron County, and 

 Mr. N. A. Wood reports seeing one in the pond on Charity Island. 



TERKAPENE CAROLINA (Linnaeus). 



BOX TURTLE. 

 (PI. VII.) 



Cjwtudo claiisa, Sager, 1839, 301. Smith, 1879, 7. 

 Clstiula tirginca, Agassiz, 1857, 445. 



Ten^ipene Carolina, Clark, 1902, 193; 1905, 110. Thompson, 1911, 

 107. 



Description: Carapace rigid and covered with horny plates, 

 broadly oval in outline, high, very convex, and solid. Plastron, 



