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('69, p. 181) as captured in 1861 at Wenham Mass. No other 

 specimen lias 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 Ohio. 



8 Coluber obsoletus obsoletus (Say) 



Racer 

 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 ; greenish 



white to slate color below. 

 Length 50-75 inches. 



Found in the Highlands. 

 Be Kay, p. 37 



" Formerly quite com- 

 mon ; now rare." Mearns. 

 '98, p. 327 



" Occurs in Orange 

 county (and probably east 

 of the Hudson), though 

 much scarcer than Z a - 

 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 JSTewfleld 

 was sent to Cornell uni- 

 versity in August 1899." 



Fig. 9 Coluber obsoletus obsoletus 



Heed. 1901 



" Occurs in Eockland county." 



Wallace. 1901 



