1945. Recovery from serious injury in the painted turtle. Copeia, 1945(1):45.1946. The growth of the slider turtle,Pseudemys scripta elegans. Amer. Midl. Nat., 36(3):685-729, 8 figs., 3 pls., 13 tables.1948. The growth of turtles in Lake Glendale, Illinois. Copeia, 1948(3):197-203.1950. The life history of the slider turtle,Pseudemys scripta troostii(Holbrook). Ecol. Monogr., 20(l):31-54, 18 figs., 4 tables.1954. Observations on the life cycles of painted turtles (genusChrysemys). Amer. Midl. Nat., 52(l):225-235, 2 figs., 1 table.Cagle, F. R., andTihen, J.1948. Retention of eggs by the turtleDeirochelys reticularia. Copeia, 1948(1):66.Cahn, A. R.1937. The turtles of Illinois. Illinois Biol. Monogr., 16(1-2):1-218, 31 pls., 15 figs., 20 maps, 20 tables.Cahn, A. R., andConder, E.1932. Mating of the box turtles. Copeia, 1932(2):86-88, 2 figs.Carpenter, C. C.1956. Carapace pits in the three-toed box turtle,Terrapene carolina triunguis(Chelonia-Emydidae). Southwestern Naturalist, 1(2):83-86, 1 fig., 1 table.Carpenter, J. R.1940. The grassland biome. Ecol. Monogr., 10(4):617-684, 7 figs., 7 tables.Carr, A.1952. Handbook of-turtles: the turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California. Cornell Univ. Press, xv + 542 pp., 37 figs., 82 pis., 15 tables, 23 maps.Clarke, R. F.1950. Notes on the ornate box turtle. Herpetologica, 6(2):54.1958. An ecological study of reptiles and amphibians in Osage County, Kansas. Emporia St. Res. Stud., 7(1):52 pp., 15 figs., 4 tables.Cowles, R. B., andBogert, C. M.1944. A preliminary study of the thermal requirements of desert reptiles. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 83(5):261-296, figs. 1-3, pls. 19-29, 1 table.Cunningham, B.1939. Effect of temperature upon the developmental rate of the embryo of the diamond back terrapin (Malaclemys centrataLat). Amer. Nat., 73:381-384.Danini, E. S.1946. Histological processes as observed in the regeneration of the carapace of the tortoiseEmys orbicularisL. Bull. 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Herpetologica, 4(4):123-126.Fitch, H. S.1952. The University of Kansas Natural History Reservation. Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist., Misc. Publ., No. 4, 38 pp., 4 pls., 3 figs.1954. Life history and ecology of the five-lined skink,Eumeces fasciatus. Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat. Hist., 8(1):1-156, 2 pls., 26 figs, in text, 17 tables.1955. Habits and adaptations of the Great Plains skink (Eumeces obsoletus). Ecol. Monogr., 25:59-83, 11 figs., 10 tables.1956a. An ecological study of the collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris). Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat. Hist., 8(3):213-274, pls. 3-6, figs. 1-10, 9 tables.1956b. Temperature responses in free-living amphibians and reptiles of northeastern Kansas. Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat. Hist., 8(7):417-476, 10 figs. in text, 6 tables.1958. Home ranges, territories, and seasonal movements of vertebrates of the University of Kansas Natural History Reservation. Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat. Hist., 11(3):63-326, 6 pls., 24 figs., 3 tables.Forbes, T. R.1940. A note on reptilian sex ratios. Copeia, 1940(2):132.Fox, W.1952. Seasonal variation in the male reproductive systems of Pacific Coast garter snakes. Journ. Morph., 90(3):481-553, 5 pls., 13 figs., 3 tables.1956. Seminal receptacles of snakes. Anat. Rec., 124(3):519-540, 3 pls., 1 table.Gehlbach, F. R.1956. Annotated records of southwestern amphibians and reptiles. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., 59(3):364-372.Gould, E.1957. Orientation in box turtles,Terrapene c. carolina(Linnaeus). Biol. Bull., 112(3):336-348, 5 figs.Grant, C.1936. The southwestern desert tortoiseGopherus agassizii. Zoologica, 21:225-229.Hay, O. P.1908a. Description of five species of North American fossil turtles, four of which are new. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 35(1640):161-169, pls. 26-27, 3 figs.1908b. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Inst. Washington, Publ. no. 75, iii-iv + 568 pp., 113 pls., 704 figs.Hildebrand, S. F., andPrytherch, H. F.1947. Diamond-back terrapin culture. U. S. Dept. 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Herpetologica, 6(1):1-10, 8 figs.Lincoln, F. C.1930. Calculating waterfowl abundance on the basis of banding returns. U. S. Dept. Agri., Circ. 118, 4 pp., 1 fig., 2 tables.Loomis, R. B.1956. The chigger mites of Kansas (Acarina, Trombiculidae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 37, pt. II, no. 19:1195-1443, 49 figs., 29 maps, 3 tables.Loveridge, A., andWilliams, E.1957. Revision of the African tortoises and turtles of the suborder Cryptodira. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 115(6):165-557, 18 pls., 62 figs., 10 tables.Lynn, W. G., andUllrich, M. C.1950. Experimental production of shell abnormalities in turtles. Copeia, 1950(4):253-262, 2 pls., 2 figs.Marr, J. C.1944. Notes on amphibians and reptiles from the central United States. Amer. Midl. Nat., 32(2):478-490, 1 table.Mattox, N. T.1936. Annular rings in the long bones of turtles and their correlation with size. Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci., 28:225-226.Medsger, O. P.1919. Notes on the first turtle I ever saw. (Abstract of a paper presented Nov. 15, 1918) Copeia, 1919(69):29.McMullen, D. B.1940. Cutaneous myiasis in a box turtle. Proc. Oklahoma Acad. Sci., 20:23-25, 2 figs.Miller, L.1955. Further observations on the desert tortoise,Gopherus agassizi, of California. Copeia, 1955(2):113-118, 1 pl., 2 figs., 2 tables.Miller, M. R.1948. The seasonal histological changes occurring in the ovary, corpus luteum, and testis of the viviparous lizard,Xantusia vigilis. Univ. California Publ. Zool., 47:197-224.Mitsukuri, K.1895. How many times does the snapping turtle lay eggs in one season? Zool. Mag. Tokyo, 7 (85):143-147.Neill, W. T.1948a. Hibernation habits of amphibians andreptilesin Richmond County, Georgia. Herpetologica, 4(3):107-114.1948b. Odor of young box turtles. Copeia, 1948(2):130.Nichols, J. T.1939a. Data on size, growth and age in the box turtle,Terrapene carolina. Copeia, 1939(1):14-20, 2 figs., 2 tables.1939b. Range and homing of individual box turtles. Copeia, 1939(3):125-127.Norris, K. S., andZweifel, R. G.1950. Observations on the habits of the ornate box turtle,Terrapene ornata(Agassiz). Nat. Hist. Misc., no. 58, 4 pp.Odum, E. P., andKuenzler, E. J.1955. Measurement of territory and home range size in birds. Auk, 72(2):128-137, 3 figs., 2 tables.Oliver, J. A.1955. The natural history of North American amphibians and reptiles. Van Nostrand, xi + 359 pp., 74 figs., 14 tables.Ortenburger, A. I., andFreeman, B.1930. Notes on some reptiles and amphibians from western Oklahoma. Publ. Univ. Oklahoma Biol. Surv., 2(4):175-188, 2 maps.Packard, R. L.1956. The tree squirrels of Kansas. Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist., Misc. Publ., no. 11, 67 pp., 2 pls., 10 figs.Penn, G. H., Jr., andPottharst, K. E.1940. The reproduction and dormancy ofTerrapene majorin New Orleans. Herpetologica, 2(2):25-29.Peters, J. A.1948. The box turtle as a host for dipterous parasites. Amer. Midl. Nat., 40(2):472-474.Rainey, D. G.1953. Death of an ornate box turtle parasitized by dipterous larvae. Herpetologica, 9(2):109.Risley, P. L.1933. Observations on the natural history of the common musk turtle,Sternotherus odoratus(Latreille). Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci., Arts and Letters, 17:685-711, figs. 78-79, 1 table.1938. Seasonal changes in the testis of the musk turtle,Sternotherus odoratusL. Journ. Morph., 63(2):301-317, 2 pls., 1 fig.Rodeck, H. G.1949. Notes on box turtles in Colorado. Copeia, 1949(1):32-34.Rokosky, E. J.1948. A bot-fly parasitic in box turtles. Nat. Hist. Misc., no. 32, 2 pp.Schneck, J.1886. Longevity of turtles. Amer. Nat., 20(9):897.Sergeev, A.1937. Some materials to the problem of the reptilian post-embryonic growth. Zool. Journ. Moscow, 16:723-735.1939. The body temperature of reptiles in natural surroundings. Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l'Acad. des Sci. de l'USSR, 22:49-52.Smith, H. M., andJames, L. F.1958. The taxonomic significance of cloacal bursae in turtles. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., 61(1):86-96.Smith, H. M., andRamsey, L. W.1952. A new turtle from Texas. Wasmann Journ. Biol., 10(1):45-54, 1 pl., 1 table.Smith, R. C.1954. An analysis of 100 years of grasshopper populations in Kansas (1854-1954). Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., 57(4):397-433, 1 pl., 5 figs.Stickel, L. F.1950. Populations and home range relationships of the box turtle,Terrapene c. carolina. Ecol. Monogr., 20:351-378, 15 figs., 5 tables.Stock, C., andBode, F. D.1936. The occurrence of flints and extinct animals in pluvial deposits near Clovis, New Mexico. Part III,—Geology and vertebrate paleontology of the late Quaternary near Clovis, New Mexico. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 88:219-241, pls. 5-10, 6 figs. in text.Strecker, J. K., Jr.1908. The reptiles and batrachians of McLennan County, Texas. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 21:69-84.Surface, H. A.1908. First report on the economic features of turtles of Pennsylvania. Zool. Bull., Pennsylvania Dept. Agr., 6(4-5):105-195, pls. 4-12, 16 figs., tables.Taylor, W. E.1895. The box tortoises of North America. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 17 (1019):573-588, 7 figs.Wever, E. G., andVernon, J. A.1956. Auditory responses in the common box turtle. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 42(12):962-965.Williams, E.1950.Testudo cubensisand the evolution of western hemisphere tortoises. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 95(1):1-36, pls. 1-8, 2 figs.Woodbury, A. M., andHardy, R.1948. Studies of the desert tortoiseGopherus agassizii. Ecol. Monogr., 18:145-200, 25 figs., 4 tables.Transmitted August 27, 1959.PRINTED INTHE STATE PRINTING PLANTTOPEKA, KANSAS1960Look for the Union Label28-773UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONSMUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYInstitutional libraries interested in publications exchange may obtain this series by addressing the Exchange Librarian, University of Kansas Library, Lawrence, Kansas. 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By Rollin H. Baker. Pp. 583-586. November 15, 1954.11.A new subspecies of pocket mouse from Kansas. By E. Raymond Hall. Pp. 587-590. November 15, 1954.12.Geographic variation in the pocket gopher, Cratogeomys castanops, in Coahuila, Mexico. By Robert J. Russell and Rollin H. Baker. Pp. 591-608. March 15, 1955.13.A new cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) from northeastern Mexico. By Rollin H. Baker. Pp. 609-812. April 8, 1955.14.Taxonomy and distribution of some American shrews. By James S. Findley. Pp. 613-618. June 10, 1958.15.The pigmy woodrat, Neotoma goldmani, its distribution and systematic position. By Dennis G. Rainey and Rollin H. Baker. Pp. 619-624, 2 figures in text. June 10, 1955.Index. Pp. 625-651.Vol. 8.1Life history and ecology of the five-lined skink, Eumeces fasciatus. By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 1-156, 26 figures in text. September 1, 1954.2Myology and serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae, a taxonomic study. By William B. Stallcup. Pp. 157-211, 23 figures in text, 4 tables. November 15, 1954.3An ecological study of the collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris). By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 213-274, 10 figures in text. February 10, 1956.4A field study of the Kansas ant-eating frog, Gastrophryne olivacea. By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 275-306, 9 figures in text. February 10, 1956.5Check-list of the birds of Kansas. By Harrison B. Tordoff. Pp. 307-359, 1 figure in text. March 10, 1956.6A population study of the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in northeastern Kansas. By Edwin P. Martin. Pp. 361-416, 19 figures in text. April 2, 1956.7Temperature responses in free-living amphibians and reptiles of northeastern Kansas. By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 417-476, 10 figures in text, 6 tables. June 1, 1956.8Food of the crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in south-central Kansas. By Dwight Platt. Pp. 477-498, 4 tables. June 8, 1956.9Ecological observations on the woodrat, Neotoma floridana. By Henry S. Fitch and Dennis G. Rainey. Pp. 499-533, 3 figures in text. June 12, 1956.10Eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana: Life history and ecology. By Dennis G. Rainey. Pp. 535-646, 12 plates, 13 figures in text. August 15, 1956.Index. Pp. 647-675.Vol. 9.1Speciation of the wandering shrew. By James S. Findley. Pp. 1-68, 18 figures in text. December 10, 1955.2Additional records and extensions of ranges of mammals from Utah. By Stephen D. Durrant, M. Raymond Lee, and Richard M. Hansen. Pp. 69-80. December 10, 1955.3A new long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis) from northeastern Mexico. By Rollin H. Baker and Howard J. Stains. Pp. 81-84. December 10, 1955.4Subspeciation in the meadow mouse, Microtus pennsylvanicus, in Wyoming. By Sydney Anderson. Pp. 85-104, 2 figures in text. May 10, 1956.5The condylarth genus Ellipsodon. By Robert W. Wilson. Pp. 105-116, 6 figures in text. May 19, 1956.6Additional remains of the multituberculate genus Eucosmodon. By Robert W. Wilson. Pp. 117-123, 10 figures in text. May 19, 1956.7Mammals of Coáhuila, Mexico. By Rollin H. Baker. Pp. 125-335, 75 figures in text. June 15, 1956.8Comments on the taxonomic status of Apodemus peninsulae, with description of a new subspecies from North China. By J. Knox Jones, Jr. Pp. 337-346, 1 figure in text, 1 table. August 15, 1956.9Extensions of known ranges of Mexican bats. By Sydney Anderson. Pp. 347-351. August 15, 1956.10A new bat (Genus Leptonycteris) from Coahuila. By Howard J. Stains. Pp. 353-356. January 21, 1957.11A new species of pocket gopher (Genus Pappogeomys) from Jalisco, Mexico. By Robert J. Russell. Pp. 357-361. January 21, 1957.12Geographic variation in the pocket gopher, Thomomys bottae, in Colorado. By Phillip M. Youngman. Pp. 363-387, 7 figures in text. February 21, 1958.13New bog lemming (genus Synaptomys) from Nebraska. By J. Knox Jones, Jr. Pp. 385-388. May 12, 1958.14Pleistocene bats from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. By J. Knox Jones, Jr. Pp. 389-396. December 19, 1958.15New Subspecies of the rodent Baiomys from Central America. By Robert L. Packard. Pp. 397-404. December 19, 1958.16Mammals of the Grand Mesa, Colorado. By Sydney Anderson. Pp. 405-414, 1 figure in text. May 20, 1959.17Distribution, variation, and relationships of the montane vole, Microtus montanus. By Sydney Anderson. Pp. 415-511. 12 figures in text, 2 tables. August 1, 1959.18Conspecificity of two pocket mice, Perognathus goldmani and P. artus. By E. Raymond Hall and Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie. Pp. 513-518, 1 map. January 14, 1960.19Records of harvest mice, Reithrodontomys, from Central America, with description of a new subspecies from Nicaragua. By Sydney Anderson and J. Knox Jones, Jr. Pp. 519-529. January 14, 1960.20Small carnivores from San Josecito Cave (Pleistocene), Nuevo León, México. By E. Raymond Hall. Pp. 531-538, 1 figure in text. January 14, 1960.21Pleistocene pocket gophers from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo León, México. By Robert J. Russell. Pp. 539-548, 1 figure in text. January 14, 1960.,22Review of the insectivores of Korea. By J. Knox Jones, Jr., and David H. Johnson. Pp. 549-578. February 23, 1960.More numbers will appear in volume 9.Vol. 101Studies of birds killed in nocturnal migration. By Harrison B. Tordoff and Robert M. Mengel, Pp. 1-44, 6 figures in text, 2 tables. September 12, 1956.2Comparative breeding behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima. By Glen E. Woolfenden. Pp. 45-75, 6 plates, 1 figure. December 20, 1956.3The forest habitat of the University of Kansas Natural History Reservation. By Henry S. Fitch and Ronald R. McGregor. Pp. 77-127, 2 plates, 7 figures in text, 4 tables. December 31, 1956.4Aspects of reproduction and development in the prairie vole (Miorotus ochrogaster). By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 129-161, 8 figures in text, 4 tables. December 19, 1957.5Birds found on the Arctic slope of northern Alaska. By James W. Bee. Pp. 163-211, pls. 9-10, 1 figure in text. March 12, 1958.6The wood rats of Colorado: distribution and ecology. By Robert B. Finley, Jr. Pp. 213-552, 34 plates, 8 figures in text, 35 tables. November 7, 1958.7Home ranges and movements of the eastern cottontail in Kansas. By Donald W. Janes. Pp. 553-572, 4 plates, 3 figures in text. May 4, 1959.8Natural history of the salamander, Aneides hardyi. By Richard F. Johnston and Schad Gerhard. Pp. 573-585. October 8, 1959.More numbers will appear in volume 10.Vol. 11.1The systematic status of the colubrid snake, Leptodeira discolor Günther. By William E. Duellman. Pp. 1-9, 4 figs. July 14, 1958.2Natural history of the six-lined racerunner, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus. By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 11-62, 9 figs., 9 tables. September 19, 1958.3Home ranges, territories, and seasonal movements of vertebrates of the Natural History Reservation. By Henry S. Fitch. Pp. 63-326, 6 plates, 24 figures in text, 3 tables. December 12, 1958.4A new snake of the genus Geophis from Chihuahua, Mexico. By John M. Legler. Pp. 327-334, 2 figures in text. January 28, 1959.5A new tortoise, genus Gopherus, from north-central Mexico. By John M. Legler. Pp. 335-343. April 24, 1959.6Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk counties, Kansas. By Artie L. Metcalf. Pp. 345-400, 2 plates, 2 figures in text, 10 tables. May 6, 1959.7Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas. By W. L. Minakley. Pp. 401-442, 2 plates, 4 figures in text, 5 tables. May 8, 1959.8Birds from Coahuila, Mexico. By Emil K. Urban. Pp. 443-516. August 1, 1959.9Description of a new softshell turtle from the southeastern United States. By Robert G. Webb. Pp. 517-525, 2 pls., 1 figure in text. August 14, 1959.10Natural history of the ornate box turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz. By John M. Legler. Pp. 527-669, 16 pls., 29 figures in text. March 7, 1960.Index will follow.Vol. 12.1Functional morphology of three bats: Eumops, Myotis, Macrotus. By Terry A. Vaughan. Pp. 1-153, 4 plates, 24 figures in text. July 8, 1959.2The ancestry of modern Amphibia: a review of the evidence. By Theodore H. Eaton, Jr. Pp. 155-180, 10 figures in text. July 10, 1959.3The baculum in microtine rodents. By Sydney Anderson. Pp. 181-216, 49 figures in text. February 19, 1960.More numbers will appear in volume 12.Transcriber's NotesThe "UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS - MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY" listing was moved to the end of the document. In the original version, this listing was printed in the inside front and rear cover as well as the back. An enhanced version of the original cover (which just repeats the first page of the article) has been created using the illustrations contained within.Except for the typographical corrections listed below, the following changes were made: The italics on the section labelColor and Markings (Pg. 593)was removed as those were used to delimit the subsections. Based on the formatting used for other text in this publication, other minor typographica changes may also have been made where periods, commas, etc. were left out or inserted erroneously.Typographical CorrectionsPageCorrection542Plate 1 → Plate 15568hiberation → hibernation580expresssed → expressed582rail → rain590spical → apical597Pl. 11 → Pl. 19601mullberry → mulberry603an → and604monentarily → momentarily614detph → depth640presssure → pressure667retpiles → reptiles
1945. Recovery from serious injury in the painted turtle. Copeia, 1945(1):45.
1946. The growth of the slider turtle,Pseudemys scripta elegans. Amer. Midl. Nat., 36(3):685-729, 8 figs., 3 pls., 13 tables.
1948. The growth of turtles in Lake Glendale, Illinois. Copeia, 1948(3):197-203.
1950. The life history of the slider turtle,Pseudemys scripta troostii(Holbrook). Ecol. Monogr., 20(l):31-54, 18 figs., 4 tables.
1954. Observations on the life cycles of painted turtles (genusChrysemys). Amer. Midl. Nat., 52(l):225-235, 2 figs., 1 table.
1948. Retention of eggs by the turtleDeirochelys reticularia. Copeia, 1948(1):66.
Cahn, A. R.
1937. The turtles of Illinois. Illinois Biol. Monogr., 16(1-2):1-218, 31 pls., 15 figs., 20 maps, 20 tables.
1932. Mating of the box turtles. Copeia, 1932(2):86-88, 2 figs.
Carpenter, C. C.
1956. Carapace pits in the three-toed box turtle,Terrapene carolina triunguis(Chelonia-Emydidae). Southwestern Naturalist, 1(2):83-86, 1 fig., 1 table.
Carpenter, J. R.
1940. The grassland biome. Ecol. Monogr., 10(4):617-684, 7 figs., 7 tables.
Carr, A.
1952. Handbook of-turtles: the turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California. Cornell Univ. Press, xv + 542 pp., 37 figs., 82 pis., 15 tables, 23 maps.
Clarke, R. F.
1950. Notes on the ornate box turtle. Herpetologica, 6(2):54.
1958. An ecological study of reptiles and amphibians in Osage County, Kansas. Emporia St. Res. Stud., 7(1):52 pp., 15 figs., 4 tables.
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1952. The University of Kansas Natural History Reservation. Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist., Misc. Publ., No. 4, 38 pp., 4 pls., 3 figs.
1954. Life history and ecology of the five-lined skink,Eumeces fasciatus. Univ. Kansas Publ., Mus. Nat. Hist., 8(1):1-156, 2 pls., 26 figs, in text, 17 tables.
1955. Habits and adaptations of the Great Plains skink (Eumeces obsoletus). Ecol. Monogr., 25:59-83, 11 figs., 10 tables.
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Transcriber's Notes
The "UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS - MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY" listing was moved to the end of the document. In the original version, this listing was printed in the inside front and rear cover as well as the back. An enhanced version of the original cover (which just repeats the first page of the article) has been created using the illustrations contained within.
Except for the typographical corrections listed below, the following changes were made: The italics on the section labelColor and Markings (Pg. 593)was removed as those were used to delimit the subsections. Based on the formatting used for other text in this publication, other minor typographica changes may also have been made where periods, commas, etc. were left out or inserted erroneously.
Typographical Corrections
PageCorrection542Plate 1 → Plate 15568hiberation → hibernation580expresssed → expressed582rail → rain590spical → apical597Pl. 11 → Pl. 19601mullberry → mulberry603an → and604monentarily → momentarily614detph → depth640presssure → pressure667retpiles → reptiles