List of Half-tone Illustrations 



PACING PAGB 



FLATS 



xi. YELLOW-NECKED MUD TURTLE, Cinosternumflavescens 27 

 ARIZONA MUD TURTLE, CinosUrnum benrici. Lar- 

 gest of the North American Mud Turtles . . 27 

 xiii. BELL'S TERRAPIN, Cbrysemys belli . . 34 

 CHICKEN TURTLE, Cbrysemys reticulata . . 34 

 xiv. Young Specimens of PAINTED TERRAPIN, FLORIDA 

 TERRAPIN, LESUEUR'S TERRAPIN, and WOOD and 



SPOTTED TURTLES 35 



xvi. TROOST'S TERRAPIN, Cbrysemys troosti. Sold Under 



the General Title of "Sliders" . 46 

 Young of the YELLOW-BELLIED TERRAPIN, Cbrys- 

 emys scabra ... 46 

 xvii. Young FLORIDA TERRAPIN, Cbrysemys floridana. . 47 

 FLORIDA TERRAPIN, Adult . ... 47 



xviii. GEOGRAPHIC TERRAPIN, Malacoclemmys geograpbica. 50 



LESUEUR'S. TERRAPIN, Malacodemmysksueurii . 50 



xix. DIAMOND-BACK TERRAPIN, Malacoclemmys palustris 51 

 WOOD TURTLE, Cbelopus insculptus. Protected from 



Capture in New York . . . . 51 



xx. SPOTTED TURTLE, Cbelopus guttatus ... 62 



MUHLEN BERG'S TURTLE, Cbelopus mublenbergii . 62 

 xxi. BLANDING'S TURTLE; SEMI-BOX TURTLE, Emys blan- 



dingii ....... 63 



PAINTED Box TURTLE, Cistudo ornata ... 63 



Common Box TURTLE, Cistudo Carolina . . 63 



xxii. THREE-TOED Box TURTLE, Cistudo triunguis . . 64 



BAUR'S Box TURTLE, Cistudo bauri ... 64 



xxiii. GOPHER TORTOISE, Testudopolypbemus ... 65 



xxiv. DESERT TORTOISE, Testudo agassi^ii ... 68 



Plastron of the DESERT TORTOISE ... 68 



xxv. BERLANDIER'S TORTOISE, Testudo berlandieri . . 69 



Plastron of BERLANDIER'S TORTOISE ... 69 



xx vi. Eggs of Trionyx spinifer ..... 76 



Head of Trionyx spinifer ..... 76 



Front of Carapace, SPINY SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE, 



Trionyx spinifer . . ... 76 



Young of the SOUTHERN SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE, 



Trionyx ferox 76 



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