94 DERMATOCHELTS CORIACEA. 



pilot fish under his flipper which I procured from Mr. 

 Parsons, and it is now in the collection of the Peabody 

 Academy of Science. As this specimen of the Derma- 

 tochelys is the third one taken on the coast of Essex 

 County, it may be recorded as one of the Testudinata of this 

 county. This is in accordance with the recorded list of 

 birds, fishes, etc., in the county collection, as many spe- 

 cies of birds that are recorded as county specimens are 

 only occasional visitors, or rest here during their migra- 

 tions to the north in the breeding season. 



I append a list of the Testudinata of Essex County, as 

 represented in the cabinet of the Museum of the Peabody 

 Academy of Science, as follows : 



TESTUDINATA OF ESSEX COUNTY. 

 Sphargididce. 



Dermatochelys coriacea Blainville. 



Trunk Back or Leathery Turtle. 

 Chelydroidce. 



Chelydra serpentina Schweigg, 



Snapping Turtle. 

 Cinosternoidce. 



Aromochelys odorata Gray. 



Stink-pot or Musk Turtle. 

 Emydoidce. 



Chrysemys picta Gray. Painted Turtle. 



Cistudo carinata Flem. Box Turtle. 



Nanemys guttata Ag. Spotted Turtle. 



Emys melagris Brongn. Blanding's Tortoise. 



Glyptemys insculpta Ag. Wood Tortoise. 



