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with black spots and two light streaks behind the eye along both 

 sides of the neck, continuing for the greater part of the distance 

 along the body. 



Crysopelea ornata Shaw. 



One specimen was obtained on Bubuan, Tapian Group; it is 

 nearly uniform olive above, with each scale black-edged. 



Laticauda colubrina Schneider.^^ 



This snake was obtained on several islands. Many were ob- 

 served in crevices in rocks, where they could not be readily 

 taken; a large series was preserved. 



Doliophis philippinus Giinther. 



A young specimen was taken in the mountains near Zam- 

 boanga. 



NOTES ON ISLANDS VISITED 



As most of the localities mentioned in this paper are recorded 

 only on the Coast and Geodetic Survey chart, I append the 

 following notes : 



Zamboanga. — Province and town, southwest Mindanao. Col- 

 lections were made in the mountains near Zamboanga, near or 

 on the water reservation. Several specimens were also taken 

 in the city of Zamboanga. 



Santa Cruz Islands. — Two small, low islands lying off the 

 coast of Mindanao about 2 kilometers from the city of Zam- 

 boanga. Covered with low brush. Few inhabitants. 



Tictauan. — Very low, covered with dense mangrove forest; 

 no land, very little beach, covered almost wholly with water; 

 no inhabitants; 4 kilometers off Zamboanga. 



Basilan. — A very large mountainous island almost entirely 

 forested, 10 kilometers from Mindanao, separated by a channel, 

 its greatest depth about 44 fathoms. Collections were made on 

 the island at a point directly across from the mainland and on 

 a rocky hill on the coast opposite Govenen Islands. 



Great and Little Govenen. — Two islands, the first lying only 

 a few hundred meters from the southwest coast of Basilan, the 

 second less than a kilometer away. The first is a conical peak 

 rising to about 200 meters, forested on top, cultivated on the 



" A large sea snake, probably of this genus, but of a different species, 

 was observed swimming on the surface of the water near Bubuan Island 

 (Tapian Group). The waves were running rather high, and the launch 

 was upon the reptile before it was observed. It disappeared below the 

 surface. 



