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far less opportunity to hunt for it carefully I obtained a specimen 

 near Marsh Harbor, Abaco, on July 6, 1904. I imagine that 

 for some unknown reason this species has skipped New Providence 

 in its northward progression, as Liocephalus carinaius appears 

 to have done, though, to be sure, the species has not yet been 

 taken on any island except on Great Abaco. 



For the Northern Bahaman Boa Boulenger's and Stejneger's 

 application of Fischer's name is undoubtedly correct. 



Epicrates striatus Fischer. 

 E. strigilatus Cope. Barbour, Bull. Mm. Comp. ZooL, vol. 46, 



Six specimens just born, and one considerably older; all New 

 Providence Island stock. The very young ones are about 14^ 

 inches long; the tail takes up 2f inches of this length. The 

 color of these young is considerably lighter than that of adults, 

 the opalescence is if anything more marked. One specimen is 

 diffusely blotched with white laterally. 



An older specimen measures 28-7 inches in total length but part 

 of the tail is gone. This example is much darker in color than 

 the small ones. The pattern is the broken irregular one which 

 is characteristic of the adults of the species. In the very young 

 ones, on the other hand, there is a dorsal series of light blotches 

 separated by darker; below this laterally there is a light chestnut 

 stripe very iridescent; below this again are three darker stripes, 

 the uppermost lightest, the middle one darkest. Between these 

 are two light bands, the upper one huffish, the lower one almost 

 white. The bellies are ivory white. 



The natives call this the "fowl snake." The squamation of 

 this species is typically so variable that the counts of these speci- 

 mens are of no especial interest. 



Ungualia partialis Gundlach. 



Six specimens, all from New Providence Island. One of these 

 is younger than any examined heretofore. 



