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2. Alligator Snapper. Macrochelys lacertina.

Length, forty inches; like No. 1, but eyes far apart, looking sideways: plates of shield smooth, with an elevation on upper hind corner, forming three ridges on back. Very strong and ferocious.

Western and Southern.

3. Wood Turtle. Chelopus insculptus.

Length, eight inches; dark reddish-brown, with oyster-shell-like embossed lines; yellow-orange beneath, each plate having a black blotch in the outside corner.

4. Mud Turtle. Kinosternon pennsylvanicum.

Length, four inches; similar to No. 1; head with lighter spots; shield smooth, and shows no backbone ridge; no teeth on hind edge; lower shield large, and can close the shell with it.

Southern.

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