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Lampropeltis pyrrhomelaena multicincta (Yarrow). 
Coral King Snake. 
One specimen of this brilliantly marked snake was obtained 
at the Cedar Cabin, about 5500 feet altitude, on the upper Santa 
Ana, July 12, 1907. No others were seen, though we were told 
of their having been found below Seven Oaks. 
Lampropeltis boylii (Baird & Girard). Boyle King Snake. 
This species was noted in the region under consideration but 
once. We saw one individual June 11, 1905, at about 2000 feet 
altitude in the lower Santa Ana canon. 
Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus Cope. Spotted Night Snake. 
A single example of this little snake was secured, the only one 
of the species I ever saw. It was found about four o’clock in the 
afternoon of August 21, 1907, in a clover patch within a few feet 
of the margin of the upper Santa Ana, near our Cedar Cabin 
camp, 5900 feet altitude. 
The specimen conforms quite closely to the deseription in Van 
Denburgh’s *‘Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin,’’ 
1897, page 178. It is 13%, inches (345 mm.) long; there are 
21 rows of scales around the body, exclusive of the gastrosteges ; 
urosteges 44, in two series; gastrosteges 180; 8 superior and 10 
inferior labials; 2 preoeulars and 2 postoculars. 
Pituophis catenifer (Blainville). Gopher Snake. 
I saw an individual of this species in Mountain Home eanon, 
at about 4300 feet altitude, August 6, 1906. This one happened 
to be climbing among the lower branches of a serubby golden 
oak a yard or more above the ground. According to my experi- 
ence this is not a common habit, as I had always before found 
these snakes on the ground. Another gopher snake was noted at 
our South Fork camp, 6200 feet elevation, on the upper Santa 
Ana, July 3, 1907. | Shortly after noon the snake was spied 
squirming swiftly by the work-tent door, and was promptly 
headed off. In trying to obtain a photo it was put into the hot 
sunshine in an open space, and prevented from leaving a certain 
