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NEW YORK STATE; MUSEUM 



('69, p, 181) as, captured in 1861 at "Wenliam Mass. No otter 

 specimen has ever been found within the area here discussed, and 

 Cope (1900) states that it does not occur east of Illinois. Morse 

 (1901), however, notes specimens from CHiio. 



8 Coluber obsoletus obsoletus (Say) 

 Haeer 

 De Kay. Coluber alleghaniensis 

 Jordan. Callopeltis obsoletus 

 Scales in 27 rows, the 17 dorsal rows keeled. 

 Color above, black or dark brown, with or without darker quad- 

 rangular blotches ; occasional scales with white markings ; greenifih 



white to slate color below. 

 Length 50-75 inches. 



Fonnd in the Highlands. 

 De Kay, p. 37 



" Formerly quite com- 

 mon ; now rare." MearnsJ 

 '98, p. 327 



" Occurs in Orange 

 county (and probably east 

 of the Hudson), though 

 much scarcer than Za- 

 menis constrictor. 

 Eckel. 1901. p. 152 



" Specimens captured 

 near Ithaca, June 4, 1883, 

 and summer of 1889 ; at 

 Chittenango, by D. G. 

 Gates, Ap. 27, 1889. A 

 specimen 150 cm long cap- 

 tured alive at Newfield 

 was sent to Cornell uni- 



Fig. 9 CoJuber obsoletus obsoletus versity in AugUSt 1899." 



Beed. 1901 



" Occurs in Kocklmd county." Wallace. 1901 



