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Southern ground rattlesnake, Sistrur'us miliarius, Southeastern States. 



Copperhead, Agkistrodqn contortrix, Eastern and Southern States. 



The group of tortoises included the following species : 



Gopher, Gopherus polyp>hemus, Florida. 



Agassiz's gopher, Gopherus agassizii, Arizona and Southern California. 



Berlandier's gopher, Gopherus berlandieri, western Texas. 



Box tortoise, Terrapene Carolina, Eastern States. 



Western Box tortoise, Terrapene ornata, Central States. 



Blanding's tortoise, Emydoidea blandingii, Massachusetts to northern Illinois. 



Wood tortoise, Clemmys marmorata, California. 



Elegant terrapin, Trachemys elegans, Central and Southern States. 



Yellow-bellied terrapin, Trachemys scripta, Southeastern States. 



Florida terrapin, Pseudemys fioridana. Florida. 



Neat terrapin, Pseudemys concinna, North Carolina to Texas. 



Red-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris, Middle Atlantic States. 



Painted turtle, Chrysemys picta, Eastern States. 



Diamond-back terrapin, Malaclemys centrala, Atlantic and Gulf coasts. 



Baur's terrapin, Graptemys pulchra, Southeastern States. 



Snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina, North America, east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. 



Mud turtle, Kinostemon pensilvanicum, east of the Rocky Mountains. 



Soft-shelled turtle, Platypeltisferox, Florida. 



Department of fishes. — This department showed a selected series of fishes of the 

 deep sea, which formed the basis of the comprehensive work on "Oceanic Ichthy- 

 ology," by the late Dr. G. Brown Goode and Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, published a few 

 months previous to the Exposition as a special bulletin of the Museum. 



The exhibit was supplemented by a small number of casts of North Ameri- 

 can fishes painted in life colors and forming part of an extensive series in the 

 Museum. 



The following fishes were represented by casts: 



Calico bass, Pomoxys sparoides. 



Sunfish, Lepomis pallidus. 



Dolphin, Coryphcena hippurus. 



Mangrove snapper, Lutjanus stearnsi. 



Sea robin, Prionotus evolans. 



Red-mouth grunt, Hcemulon arcuatum. 



Cagon de lo Alto, Ehomboplites aurorubens. 



Grouper, Epinephelus drummond-hayi. 



Scup, Stenotomus chrysops. 



Hogfish, Lachnolcemus maximus. 



Parrot fish, Pseudoscarus guacamaia. 



Rosy rockfish, Helicolenus maderensis. 



Brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis. 



C avail a, Caranx hippos. 



Sucking fish, Echeneis naucrates. 



Eelpout, Zoarces anguillaris. 



Four-spotted flounder, Paralichthys oblongus. 



Cowfish, Ostracion quadricorne. 



The exhibit was arranged by Mr. Barton A. Bean. 



Department of moliusks. — This exhibit was in two table cases and represented, as 

 far as space permitted, the families of moliusks and brachiopods. It also contained 

 illustrations of the utilization of materials derived from moliusks. Each family 

 was represented by one or more species, excepting those in which there is no solid 

 shell and which therefore could not be exhibited in a dry condition. 



