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Order II. Sauria. 

 Family Scincidce. 



*13. Scincus fasciatus, Linn., Blue-tailed Skink, Salisbury 

 and Trumbull. 



Family Agamidce. 

 *14. Tropidolepis undulatus, Bosc, Brown Swift, Pine woods. 



Order III. Ophidia. 



Family Colubridce. 



15. Coluber sirtalis, Linn., Striped Snake, common. 



*16. Coluber saurita, Linn., Ribbon Snake, Stratford and 

 Stonington. 



*17. Coluber ordinatus, Linn., Little Brown Snake, Stratford, 

 Stonington and Bridgeport. 



*18. Coluber vernalis, Dekay, Green Snake, Stratford, North- 

 ford and Canaan. 



and escaped to my great regret. I believed it certainly this, or the preceding 

 species, to which it is nearly allied ; and as I have never seen the latter in water, 

 it was probably the true Blanding' s Tortoise. It was to me a little remarkable, as 

 being the same place where I obtained the Sorex parvus mentioned in this Jour- 

 nal, Vol. xxxix, p. 338. I then supposed the place to belong to the town of Stam- 

 ford, but have since ascertained it belongs to Darien. • 



*13. Frederic Plumb, Esq. of Salisbury, Litchfield County, a gentleman of much 

 observation, assures me he has often seen this beautiful animal in that town ; and 

 Mr. Benjamin Beers of Stratford, lately saw several in Trumbull, while he was 

 pulling down an old building. 



*14. The brown sicift has, according to Dr. Dekay's recent "Report on the 

 Zoology of New York," been found in both Dutchess and Putnam counties ; and 

 as these join almost the whole western line of Connecticut, it scarcely admits a 

 question that the animal has just claim to insertion here; especially too as its 

 habitat is from the Gulf of Mexico to the 43d degree of north latitude. I have 

 no specimen of this family belonging to North America, except Phrynosoma cor- 

 nuta, of Holbrook, commonly named " the horned toad with a tail;" received from 

 Texas, where it is not uncommon, but is here considered a great curiosity. 



*16. This species of striped snake is much less common than the preceding ; 

 is more slender and more resembles a whip-lash. The distinction between the 

 two, is not generally known, except by naturalists. Both harmless, and feed on 

 toads and frogs. 



*17. The grass snake or little brown snake is not uncommon in Stonington. 

 Mr. Trumbull informs me that he has taken three individuals this season. The 

 Hon. Daniel Plant of Stratford, believes he killed a specimen of this snake in 

 his garden, March 22, 1842. I have two fine specimens taken this season in Bridge- 

 port by Mr. E. Thompson. 



*18. I received a specimen of the green snake August 13th, 1843, from Mr. 

 Charles Wells of this town, which he had recently killed here. Length 11 in- 



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