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my disposal. Mr Eeed has further aided me by sending specimens 

 irom several localities in this state. It seems proper to poiiit out 

 liere that Mr "Wallace, in securing Cyclophis aestivus and 

 Pityophis melanoleucus near Nyack N. Y., has made the 

 first real addition to our local faunal list since 1853. 



All the figures in this bulletin save those on pi. 1 are duplicates 

 ■of those used in Cope's OrocodiUans, lizards and snahes of North 

 JLmeriGa, and are available for use here through the courtesy of the 

 ■secretary of the United States national museum. 



Reference list 



The following list is not in any way complete, but it contains all faunal lists, 

 relating to the area under consideration, noticed by the author. Several of the 

 more important general works on American herpetology have been 'added 

 T)ecause of localities given in their texts; and, in addition, certain papers by 

 ■Cope have been cited because of their bearing on the matter contained in the 

 section on variation. For explanation of asterisks, see p. 389. 



The works are referred to in the bulletin by author and date. 



* Abbott, C. C. '68. Catalogue of the vertebrate animals of New Jersey. Geol. 



N. J. p. 801-3. 

 "* Allen, Glover M. '99. Notes on the reptiles and batrachians of Intervale, 

 New Hampshire. Bost. soc. nat. bist.i Proc. 29 : 63-75. 



* Allen, J. A. '69. Catalogue of the reptiles and batrachians found in the 



vicinity of Springfield, Mass. : with notices of all the other species known to 



inhabit the state. Bost. soc. nat. hist. Proc. 13 : 171-204. 

 3aird, Spencer, T. '54. On the serpents of New York; with a notice of a 



species not hitherto included in the fauna cf the state. N. Y. state cab. 



nat. hist. 7th an. rep't, p. 95-124. 

 "*Bicknell, E. P. '83. Review of the summer birds of a part of the Catskill 



mountains, with prefatory remarks on the faunal and floral features of the 



region. Linn. soc. N. Y. Trans. 1 : 113-68. 

 *Oope, Edward Drinker. '75. Check list of North American Batrachia and 



Reptilia. U. S. nat. mus. Bui. 1, p. 104. 

 '93. Critical l-eview of the characters and variations of the snakes of 



North America. U. S. nat. mus. Proc. 14 : 589-694. 

 '93. The color variations of the milk snake. Am. nat. 27 : 1066-71, pi. 



xxiv-xxvii. 

 '96. [Variations in Osceola doliata] Primary factors of organic 



evolution. N. Y. p. 29-41, fig. 3-11. 

 -* 1900. Crocodilians, lizards and snakes of North America. U. S. nat. 



mus. Rep't. 1898. p. 153-1370, pi. 1-36. 

 ■*De Kay, James E. '42. Natural history of New York; Zoology of New 



York. V. 3, pt 3, Reptiles and amphibia. 2 v. Alb. 



