No. 3. — Notes on the Reptiles and Amphibians of Intervale, New 
• Hampshire. 
By Glover M. Allen, Intervale, N. H. 
The observations on which this paper is based were made 
almost entirely during the summer of 1898. Intervale is a small 
village a few miles to the south of Mount Washington. Its fauna 
is characteristically Canadian, though with a slight mixture of 
Transition forms. The country in the vicinity of Intervale offers 
a variety of conditions. The Saco River with its broad, level 
meadows or intervales is near at hand. From the edge of the 
intervales the ground rises rapidly, the nearest mountains, Mts. 
Bartlett and Kearsarge, being but a short distance from the river. 
The woods are chiefly of white pine, beech, paper birch, yellow 
birch, black spruce, and aspen. The white pines form a thin belt 
between the village and the base of Mt. Bartlett. Above them 
there is a well-marked belt of beeches, extending up the mountain 
side. Still higher up the birches and aspens (at this elevation, 
mostly the large-tooth aspen) form a mixed belt, while towards the 
tops of the mountains the black spruce is the prevailing tree,, with 
here and there a stunted aspen (. Populus tremuloides). Near the 
bases of the mountains are numerous small, clear brooks, but 
larger bodies of water are few. Echo Lake, at the base of Moat 
Mountain, which is just across the Avest side of the river valley, is 
a small sheet of clear water, Avith a fine, sandy bottom, and so far 
as I have been able to discover, has no outlet. This and Pudding 
Pond, a muddy and comparatively shalloAv pond surrounded by a 
groAvth of tall grass and sphagnum, are the principal ponds near 
Intervale. The summers are warm but short; the winters are 
cold and protracted. 
During the summer of 1898, I collected nineteen species of rep¬ 
tiles and amphibians at Intervale and vicinity, and one of the 
reptiles proves to be heretofore undescribed. The list is as fol- 
Ioavs : — 
1. Chrysemys picta (Herm.). Painted Tortoise. 
This tortoise is found rather commonly in both Echo Lake and 
Pudding Pond, and is frequently seen on bright days, sunning on 
