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REPTILES. 
8. Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer). Bed-bellied Snake. — Five speci- 
mens of the red-bellied snake were collected, — one under a board walk in 
a clearing near the end of llie point, three others under logs and boards 
near the marsh and near Beaver Lake, and one was taken from the 
stomach of a sparrow hawk. 
1). Matrix sipedon (Linn.). Water Snake. — But one water snake was 
taken. Tt was found on the edge of Ihe outlet to Beaver Lake. This is 
apparently the first record of the species for the northern peninsula. 
10. Liopeltis vernalis (DeKav). Green Snake. — This was apparently 
the most common snake of the region, since a large series (sixteen speci- 
mens) was collected. They were found under boards on the sand 
ridges. 
11. Thamnophis sirtalis (Linn.). Garter Snake. — Seven garter snakes 
were taken about the edges of transient ponds and marshes. 
12. Chelydra serpentina (Linn.). Snapping Turtle.— The shell of a 
large snapping turtle, found in one of the small ponds in the marsh near 
Vermilion, has been presented to the museum by John Clark. 
13. Chrysemys bellii Gray. Bell's Turtle. — The only place where this 
turtle was found was a pond near the postoffice. The individuals ob- 
served were exceedingly shy, dropping from logs into water at the 
slightest disturbance. It should be stated that the two specimens ex- 
amined are not typical. The plastral blotch is smaller than usual, and 
the color of the carapace is so dark as to obscure the light markings on 
the marginals, costaks and vertebrals, except that a few of the costals 
have faint irregular yellowish marginal bands. Also the prominent light 
markings on the ventral face of the marginals do not extend outward to 
enclose the (in C. bellii) characteristic spots of black with pale centers. 
On the other hand, the large size (carapace length 165.7 mm. and 163.7 
mm., width 124.9 mm. and 112.4 mm.) indicate that the specimens are 
to be referred to C. bellii , as does the absence of bright markings on the 
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