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spend a woek-tMul at the farm, wlicre we were royally entcrtaiiuMl by 

 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Riddle. 



'"Man ()■ War" was exhibited, put through his paces and posed for 

 portraits. \'arious studies, measurements, and about three dozen 

 l^hotographs were made. The negatives have since been developed and 

 have proved to Vie very successful. It is planned to present to Mr. and 

 Mrs. Kiddle an album of 'Man o' War' photographs. 



''Professor Osborn was duly impressed at first sight of the great 

 horse and was loath to leave the stables. He evidently enjoyed his 

 short outing extremely. Indeed, the hearty hospitality of our host and 

 hostess, the almost summery weather, typical of the 'eastern shore,' the 

 singing of bluebirds, and the interesting errand in hand, made a week-end 

 long to be remembered." 



Mr. R. D. O. Johnson, who has been collecting for the Department of 

 Herpetology, writes from his camp on the Rio Quesada: 



"I am now in a camp at a point that is much richer in herpetological 

 material than any I have been in before this. * * * I have a beautiful 

 specimen of a blind burrowing snake. He is about three feet in length, 

 cylindrical in form, perfectly smooth and of a dark blue color. He can 

 travel forward or backw^ard wath equal facility, and, since there is little, 

 to the casual observer, to distinguish the head from the tail, he bears the 

 reputation of being two-headed. I am sorry that the color is fading 

 under the effects of the formaldehyde. 



"I found a small, blind, snake-like animal under dead leaves in the 

 jungle. He had been cut in two in the operations of sinking a shaft, 

 and only the fore part of him was preserved. Perhaps I should say that 

 his tail w^as cut off short and was lost. He has four very tiny feet. They 

 are ridiculously small, but are actively used. His color is dark gray and 

 the scales are very smooth like those of a burrowing snake. I am sorry 

 that I did not get him perfect. 



"The first night I stayed in camp and had a good bright light burning 

 I received the visits of nine tree frogs from the surrounding jungle. Like 

 the little and innocent children who wandered to the castle of the giant 

 ogre, these frogs were promptly killed (for the benefit of science). They 

 came in in their sombre garbs of night, their eyes bright and shining, 

 to see this new and w^onderful exhibit. Thej^ were of a purplish brown 

 color without other color except a faint green stripe under each eye. 



