. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Coluber bairdii Yarrow. X Fort Davis, Texas. Cat. No. 10403, head a black baud begins at anterior margin of superciliary and extends nearly across and to nearly the entire widrh of the postfrontal; upper labial margined with blackish-brown posteriorly, lower labials also; a blotched line of blackish-brown extends from posterior lower angle of orbit to angle of mouth; under surface of jaw yellowish white. Cat. No. 1040
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Coluber bairdii Yarrow. X Fort Davis, Texas. Cat. No. 10403, head a black baud begins at anterior margin of superciliary and extends nearly across and to nearly the entire widrh of the postfrontal; upper labial margined with blackish-brown posteriorly, lower labials also; a blotched line of blackish-brown extends from posterior lower angle of orbit to angle of mouth; under surface of jaw yellowish white. Cat. No. 10403; urosteges, 99; scales, 27; total length, 382 mm.; tail, 91 mm. The nine superior labials and divided postgeneials distinguish this species readily from all other ISI^orth American forms. The coloration is also entirely peculiar.^ Catalogue No. Number of speci- mens. I^--"ty- ' conected. From whom received. Hospital Steward. W. F. von Manteufel, U. S. A. Nature of specimen. 10403 1 Fort Davis, Texas , 1878 Alcoholic type. COLUBER MUTABILIS Cope. Coluber mutaUlis Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, 1884, p. 175. Coluber triaspia Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, 1879, p. 271; not of Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1886, p. 128.—Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. II. 1894, p. 37. Natrix mutabilia Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 32, 1887, p. 71. Scales in 31-3 rows; one loreal; eight upper labials; three rows of temporal scuta; dorsal and lateral spots smaller and separated; three. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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