w rORK STATE Ml 3EU1I 



kdOla and Snsquehanna rivers; at Lenox and Sullivan, in 

 the county of Madison; at Manline and Onondaga, in Onondaga 

 county; in Boine part- of the county of Ontario; along Genes e 

 and Niagara rivers; and in many places in the Oak lands, between 

 those rivers, and also east of the former; at several places aloug 

 the Schoharie creek ; at the Helderberg, in the county of Albany ; 

 at Snake hill, near Newburg; and in Borne other plac< 



I >.■ K,\ ' \-i>. Bays of the species : 



•• It is common in various parts of the state, and in the northern 

 states generally appears to prefer rocky situations. They abound 

 in Clinton, Essex and Warren counties, along the shores of Lakes 

 Cham plain and I Although numerous in the rocky moun- 



tainous districts of this state, they are rare or entirely wanting in 

 those elevated regions which give rise to the Moose, the Etacquette 

 and the Iiud>on rivers. They are found in the counties of Sullivan, 

 Ulster, Orange and Greene. A few still linger in the swamps 01 

 Suffolk county." 



u Becoming quite rare within 50 miles of Xew York city, the 

 nearest locality in which it has been found in the past few y< 

 being Putnam county, X. Y. ; it also occurs in Connecticut, and 

 Prof. E. 13. Southwick tells me that a few are found annually in 

 the central part of Long Island." Ditimars. '96, p. % 2± 



"Formerly numerous about Highland Falls; now extremely 

 rare." Meams. '98, p. 327 



" Still occurs in Orange and Rockland counties, but very rare and 

 possibly extinct east of the Hudson in this state. Cope not< 

 specimen collected in ls73 at Katonah, Westchester co. ; and I 

 have been informed that one was killed in 1SS7 near White Plains. 

 >'. \r /<;/>/. L901, p. 155 



ill met with in Rockland county." Wallace. 1901 



Rattlesnakes are occasionally reported from the western counties 

 of this State. It i> possible that >ome of these accounts may refel 

 to the massasanga (p, - present distribution in the state is 



unknown. 





