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half of the creature is deep lustrous brown-black. Another 

 specimen is brick red above and almost salmon-color below. 

 Still another is uniform ashy gray above, marbled with darker 

 below. The top of the head is richly puncticulate with black 

 and red -brown. There is a dark stripe through the eye, also 

 several dark blotches on the neck region above. A number of 

 specimens are rich chocolate brown both above and below, often 

 with a light-edged dark stripe running through the eye. Several 

 examples are brown above and pinkish beneath. The last speci- 

 men which I shall mention is dark iron-gray anteriorly, shading 

 posteriorly into olive-brown. This one also has a light-edged 

 dark stripe through the eye. 



The Cuban specimens of A. angulifer do not show such varia- 

 tion. I can but think that the Bahaman examples are worthy of 

 specific distinctness. 



The natives call this "chicken" or "whip snake." I have 

 added the scale counts of these individuals thinking that perhaps 

 they may be of use for comparison when someone procures a 

 large series of the Cuban form. It is remarkable how many of 

 the tails are imperfect. 



New Providence Island specimens: — 



17 17 17 17 17 ^ 17 



170 + 108 ' 165+ ?~ '109+ ? ' 165 + 104 '167+~105' 164+ ? 

 _J7 17 17 17 17_ 17 



169+?' 166 + 107' 159 + 112' 169 + 111' 162+ ? ' 171+19 



17 17 17 17 17 17 



163 + 116' 163 + 101' 165 + 109' 168 + 110' 170 + 107' 165 + 117 



17 17 17 17 17 17 



165 + 106' 166+?' 164 + 119' 170 + 111' 169 + 113' 162+119 

 Other specimens in the Museum collection show the following 



107 ? ' 170 - 101 ' 1(14 1 is ' Kil • ? 

 The four following are from Andros. Island: — 

 17 ,17 17 17 



171 + 121 ' 166+ ? ' 161+ ? ' 164 + lis" 



