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Show Interesting Specimens Of Reptilian Life In Dixie Collection Th-re are many many interesting specimens of reptilian life in the collection at the Dixie college. About 12 different species of living snakes, eight different turtles tur-tles and eiht different lizards are kept alive in the collection. Movt of them are local species, but included are a Pilot Black ; snake from Pennsylvania; a Mud Turtle, from Florida: turtles and water snakes from Michigan, turtles tur-tles from Wisconsin and a garter snake from Nebraska. I Also included in the collection j are two rare patched-nose snakes. These were collected in Washington Washing-ton county on Ivins Bench re- cently. A male and a female were taken. This is but the fourth time this species has been collected in j Utah. j The Boy Scouts of the Snow's Canyon Council were guests of j the Dixie college department of ! biology on Tuesday evening, April 1 11. A talk on reptiles illustrated i with living specimens and with motion pictures, was given by Ross Hardy. Abut sixty scouts and their scoutmasters were in attendance. at-tendance. The third grade of Miss Bradford Brad-ford of the Elementary school visited the biology department on Tuesday, April 18. They examined about 50 different specimens of bird skins and received a talk on bird protection by Ross Hardy. The biology department is planning a number of field trips during the spring quarter. The first trip 'will be taken on Saturday, Sat-urday, April 22, to Mesquite and the intervening deserts. Arthur Paxman of the Woodward school will be a special guest on the trip. Other trips, planned ' for April 29 and May 13, will be overnight trips. These will probably prob-ably be taken to Pine Valley and to Kane county. About 35 students stu-dents are expected to make each trip. |