EARLY IOWA LOCALITY RECORDS 
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Reptiles. 
The only early references to reptiles of this region are based 
on Say’s Council Bluff material. In the narrative of the Long 
Expedition (Thwaites’ edition) several references are made to 
snakes, as on pp. 214 (footnote 163), 271 and 272. In the 
London edition the reptiles are listed in Appendix A, p. 267. 
Further references to Say’s material from Engineer Canton- 
ment are made in Holbrook’s North American Herpetology, 
1838, Vol. II, p. 99 ; Vol. Ill, pp. 13, 42, 48, 54, 87, 89 ; and Vol. 
IV, p. 78. 
The only reference to Iowa reptiles appears in Thwaites’ edi- 
tion of Long, Vol. II, p. 139, where rattlesnakes are reported as 
occurring along Boyer creek. 
Birds. 
Few references to birds are made in the Lewis and Clark 
Journals. In Vol. I, Thwaites’ edition, p. 90, several “grous” 
are reported to have been seen, and wild turkeys were also ob- 
served on the Iowa side, as recorded on pp. 90 and 101. Wild 
geese and pelicans are reported in Vol. V, p. 376. 
In the Account of the Long Expedition,. Thwaites’ edition, 
Vol. I, many birds are reported from Engineer Cantonment. 
Such references occur in footnotes on pp. 214, 251, 252, 254, 
255 and 284, and Appendix A contains a long list of birds from 
the same locality on pp. 318 to 328 in the Thwaites edition, and 
pp. 262 to 270 in the London edition. 
The definite Iowa references in Long’s Report, Thwaites’ edi- 
tion, are the following: 
Limosa scolopacea, Vol, I, p. 253, footnote. “Pond near Bowyer 
Creek.” 
Swans, geese and ducks, near Sioux (Little Sioux) river; Vol. I, 
p. 278. 
Sand-hill crane, along Boyer Creek; Vol. II, p. 137. 
Mammals. 
Frequent references to mammals collected or observed at or 
near Council Bluff are made in the older reports. Lewis and 
Clark, Vol. I, pp. 90 and 91, report deer and beaver, evidently 
from the Iowa side, and the Account of the Long Expedition, 
Thwaites’ edition, Vol. I, p. 277, records one otter taken at a 
pond near the Boyer. Twelve bisons were killed, and an elk 
was seen near the Sioux (evidently Little Sioux) river, clearly 
