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of XJnadilla and Susquehanna rivers ; at Lenox and Sullivan, in 

 the county of Madison ; at Manlius and Onondaga, in Onondaga 

 county ; in some parts of the county of Ontario ; along Genesee 

 and Niagara rivers ; and in many places in the Oak lands, between 

 those rivers, and also east of the former ; at several places along 

 the Schoharie creek ; at the Helderberg, in the county of Albany ; 

 at Snake hill, near Newburg ; and in some other places." 



De Kay ('42), says of the species : 



" It is common in various parts of the state, and in the northern 

 states generally appears to prefer rocky situations. They abound 

 in Clinton, Essex and Warren counties, along the shores of Lakes 

 Champlain and George. Although numerous in the rocky moun- 

 tainous districts of this state, they are rare or entirely wanting in 

 those elevated regions which give rise to the Moose, the Pacquette 

 and the Hudson rivers. They are found in the counties of Sullivan, 

 Ulster, Orange and Greene. A few still linger in the swamps of 

 Suffolk county." 



" Becoming quite rare within 50 miles of New York city, the 

 nearest locality in which it has been found in the past few years 

 being Putnam county, N". Y. ; it also occurs in Connecticut, and 

 Prof. E. B. Southwick tells me that a few are found annually in 

 the central part of Long Island." Ditmars. '96, p. 24 



" Formerly numerous about Highland Falls ; now extremely 

 rare." Mearns. '98, p. 327 



" Still occurs in Orange and Bockland counties, but very rare and 

 possibly extinct east of the Hudson in this state. Cope notes a 

 specimen collected in 1878 at Katonah, Westchester co. ; and I 

 have been informed that one was killed in 1887 near White Plains 

 N. Y." Eckel. 1901, p. 155 



" Still met with in Kockland county." Wallace. 1901 



Rattlesnakes are occasionally reported from the western counties 

 of this state. It is possible that some of these accounts may refer 

 to the massasauga (p. 386) whose present distribution in the state is 

 unknown. 



