FURTHER NOTES ON THE REPRODUCTION OF 

 REPTILES. 



BY C. S. BKIMLEY. 



On July 18, 1903, five eggs were brought to me, which 

 proved to be those of Enmeces fasciaius (Blue-tailed Lizard), 

 these were about the size of Cnemidophorus eggs, measuring 

 20x12, 20x15, 22x11, the fifth, from which a full grown 

 embryo, ready to hatch and showing the usual markings of 

 the species, had been removed, was not measured. The eggs 

 were very smooth and the skin was very thin, almost trans- 

 parent, and of a dirty white in color; shape varying from a 

 rather short to a rather long oblong, one of the eggs was one- 

 sided; they were said to have been found near Swift Creek, in 

 this county. 



On July 28, 1903, three eggs measuring 30 to 31 mm. long 

 were received. These were long and slender, and were 

 attached to one another on the side, so that their long axes 

 were parallel, one, which was opened, contained a snake 

 embryo too small to identify, and I was not successful in my 

 attempt to hatch them. The probability is that they were 

 the eggs of the Red King Snake (Ofihibolns coccineus.) 



In August, 1903, some Kinosternon Jlavescens in my 

 possession from Austin, Texas, laid two eggs. These were 

 hard-shelled like those of other Mud Turtles, and measured 

 25x16 and 26x16. 



In my former paper read before the Academy in November, 

 1902, I omitted any mention of Terrapene Carolina and T. 

 bauri, although both species have been hatched out in my 

 "Terrapin pen" from eggs laid in confinement. I have never 

 seen the female in the act of covering her eggs but once, and 

 then she was pressing down the earth as hard as she could. 

 The young of these turtles hatch out in October, unlike those 

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