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tlinu.q;h less extensi\elv distributcfl, species. T. i^icdii occurs in Western Aus- 

 tralia an<l liie Eastern States. 7". dk'rrsus. T. f/ryf^us. T. (/uciilhcri. T. kcnti. 

 and 7'. waitii are generally northern f(n"nis. 7". torrcsiaiiiis is from the coast of 

 r)ueenslanil, T. ciidotcnis from the middle of the Continent, T. hatiUus from 

 New South Wales, and il> ally, 7". lahialis, from Western Au.stralia, without 

 precise locality. The range of 7'. hvooiiii is peculiar, examples being known only 



Chart 9. Distribution of • T. kcnti, O T. uaguirostris, 1 T. batiUiis. 



from four widely separated localities, the exact positions being shown on Chart 

 No. 3. 



It was hoped that a study of the range of the l.)lind snakes would re\'eal 

 some conformity to the zoological areas as mapped out by various writers, but tlie 

 result is not convincing. 



In point of numbers T. hitnhrrnilatiis is the commonest Australian species; 

 it is followed by T. polxi/rainiiiinis, 7". aiistralis. T. firo.viiniis. and T. -aicdii. all of 

 which appear to be plentiful in the respective areas in which they occur. 



