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THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 



20 — R. leberis (?) Leather Snake. Reported by- 

 several parties, and although I never 

 saw a Canadian specimen, yet it has been 

 identified by Mr. Smith, of Ann Arbor, 

 as being in Michigan. Reports most 

 probably correct. 



21 — Storeria occipito-macidata. Red-bellied 

 Snake. Not very rare. Captured in 

 Kent, Bruce and Huron counties, and 

 reported from Owen Sound. 



22— S. DeKayi. Little Brown Snake. Found 

 all over the western portions of Ontario. 



23 — Eutainia saurita. Ribbon Snake. I cap- 

 tured one twenty-two inches long in 

 Bruce county ; the only Canadian speci- 

 men so far exaimined by me, 



24 — E. radix. Hoy's Garter Snake. I captured 

 several young specimens on St. Clair 

 Flats. 



25 — E. sirialis. Garter Snake. This species is 

 considered the typical Garter Snake. I 

 got specimens in Dover township, but 

 never captured it farther north. Not 

 very common. 



26 — E. dorsalis. Striped Garter Snake. The 

 best known variety ; everywhere abun- 

 dant. The best marked specimens I 

 have yet seen were procured near 

 Toronto by Mr. W. Brodie. 



27 — E. ordinata. A variety with square spots 

 on the sides, seemingly the young of 

 dorsalis. 



28— E. ordenoides. \ Varieties with more or 



29-K parietalis. { |ess red markings on 

 J J- the sides. Generally 



•>0 E. vagrans. found in marshes or 



31 — E.elegans. j lowlands. 



I have captured all sorts of gradings and 

 shadings of coloured specimens around 

 Lake St. Clair. I have also received a 

 few well marked parietalis from Mr. 

 John McMillan, Magnetewan, Muskoka. 



32 — E. Pickeringii. I have one or two speci- 

 mens from Mitchell's Bay, Co. Kent, 

 that approach closely to this species or 

 variety, as far as blackness of colour is 

 concerned. 



33 — E. obscura. A variety without dorsal 

 stripes. Scarcely admissable even as a 

 variety. The side stripes are generally 

 very obscure. 



34 — Bascanium constrictor ( ? ). Black 

 Snake. Gananoque. I have not as yet 

 seen or procured one, but doubtless it 

 exists there among the rocks. 



35 — Seotophis vulpinus. Fox Snake. Kent 

 Co. I saw one which measured 7 feet 

 11 inches, captured by Mr. C. Dusten, 

 and I have one 6 feet 3 inches, taken by 

 Mr. Buck, of Mud creek. Not common. 

 This is the largest and most powerful 

 of our Canadian snakes, at the same 

 time, one of the most innocent, harmless 

 and timid. 



36 — Cyclopias vemalis. Grass Snake, Green 

 Snake, Spring or Summer Snake, 

 &c. A well known and beautiful little 

 creature. 



37 — Diadophis punctaius. Ring-necked 

 Snake. Not rare in Huron and Bruce 

 counties in damp woods. 



38 — D. punctaius var. amabilis. I have such 

 a specimen which seems to be the young 

 of the last (D. punctaius) and admit it in 

 deference to Mr. Cope, though doubtful 

 of it being worth consideration. 



39 — Ophibolus doliatus var. triangulus. Milk 

 Snake, Chicken Snake, House Snake, 

 Chain Snake, &c. A well-known species. 



Family CROTALHLE. 



AO—Croialus liorridus. Banded Rattlesnake. 

 Rapidly becoming extinct. I saw one 

 killed on the mountain a few miles east 

 of Hamilton in 1859, and one in 1873, 

 captured not far from Niagara. The 

 measured about three feet each. 



41 — Croialopliorus tergemina. Massasauga. 

 Prairie Rattlesnake. I saw the decaying 

 remains of one in Tilberry marsh. The 

 rattles were gone, but having no means 

 of carriage, had reluctantly to leave it. 

 Not rare formerly along Lake Erie, 

 although now exceedingly scarce. 



IV. BATRACHIA. 



Anura (Family Tailless Batrachians) 

 RANID^E. 



42 — JRana helecina. Leopard Frog. Every- 

 where. 



43 — R. pulustris. Pickerel or yellow-legged 

 frog. Common. 



44 — R. clamitans. Green Frog. Common. 



45 — R. var. ccendeus. I introduce this as a 

 local variety. I captured several with a 

 deep indigo head, but now changing in 

 alcohol to a dark greenish brown. 



46 — R. Catesbeyana. Bull Frog. Common. 



