AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES. 



Testudinata. 



25. Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus). Snapping turtle. — A con- 

 siderable number of snapping turtles were taken in Turtle Bay (on 

 the south side of Sand Point) and in the lower part of the Pigeon 

 River at Caseville, by means of the fyke-net. Several specimens 

 were also taken in the woods on Sand Point. 



26. Emydoidea blandingi (Holbrook). Blanding's turtle.— We 

 did not find this turtle abundant anywhere in the region explored. 

 Three specimens were found wandering about on the pine ridges on 

 Sand Point, one was taken in a fyke-net set in Turtle Ba}', and a 

 small specimen was taken on the margin of a pond on Stony Island. 

 The writer observed a few others in Long Lake. Sand Point, and in 

 the ponds on Stony Island. 



27. Chrysemys cinerea (Bonn.). Painted turtle. — A large series 

 of specimens of the painted turtle was secured, as the species was 

 very common throughout the region. It was taken or observed on 

 Stony and North Islands, on Sand Point, in the Pigeon River at 

 Caseville, and at Rush Lake. Most of the specimens from Sand 

 Point, particularh' those taken in Long Lake, have red plastrons and 

 more or less red on the carapace due to a deposit of some chemical 

 substance from the water. The coloring is so regular that it appears 

 at first sight to be due to pigment. 



LITERATURE CITED. 



1861. Miles, M. A. A Catalogue of the Birds, Reptiles and Mollusks 

 of Michigan. 1st. Biennial Rept. Geol. Surv. Mich., pp. 210- 

 241. 



