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LORQUINIA 
A REVISED LIST OF LOS ANGELES SNAKES 
Since the publication in Copeia No. 15 of my list of Los Angeles 
snakes, the list has been found incomplete. The following list com- 
prises the names of snakes observed by me within a half day's 
walk of the city of Los Angeles since 1913. . 
1. Rosy Boa, Lichaiuira roseofusca Cope. 
2. Pacific Bull Snake, Pitiiophis catenifcr Blainville. 
3. Boyle's King Snake, Ophibohis getuhts boylii Baird & Gi- 
rard. 
4. Coral King Snake, Opliiholus zonatus Blainville. 
5. LeConte's Snake, Rliinochihis lecontei Baird & Girard. 
6. Red Racer, Zamenis flagelliformis frcnatus Stejneger. 
7. Blue Racer, Zaiiienis constrictor flainvcntris Say. 
8. Striped Racer, Zamenis lateralis Hallowell. 
9. Western Garter Snake, TJiamnophis parietalis Say. 
10. Pacific Garter Snake or "Water Snake," Thamnophis Iiarn- 
mondi Kennicott. 
11. i^atch-nosed Snake, Salvadora grahaniiac Baird & Girard. 
12. Western Ring-neck Snake, Diadophis amahilis Baird & Gi- 
rard. 
13. Rock Snake, Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha\ Cope. 
14. Tantilla, Tantilla eiseni Stejneger. 
15. Pacific Rattlesnake, Crotalus oregomis Holbrook. 
PAUL D. R. RUTHLING, 
February. 1917. Los Angeles, Cal. 
PROTECT THE ROADRUNNER 
This curious and interesting bird is one of the best friends the 
California bee-man has, and every beekeeper should use his influence 
to enforce the law protecting them. 
They are shy, almost solitary — a true inhabitant of the desert — 
and are being rapidly driven away from all irrigated sections. I 
shall always remember my first sight of one, not knowing its name 
or even that there was such a creature. My little son who was with 
me, as we watched one scooting at racehorse speed through the 
stubble, exclaimed, "Why, Pop, it looks like a young dragon!" 
T flushed one the other day, going to an out-yard. For a 
