Minton, Sherman A. Snakebite. _Scientific American_, January 1957, Vol. 196, No. 1. Oliver, James A. 1955. _The Natural History of North American Amphibians and Reptiles._ 359 pages. D. Van Nostrand Co., Princeton, N. J. Pope, Clifford H. 1955. _The Reptile World._ 325 pages. Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y. Pope, Clifford H. 1952. _Snakes Alive and How They Live._ 238 pages. The Viking Press, N. Y. Schmidt, Karl P. and D. Dwight Davis. 1941. _Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada._ G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York. Smith, Hobart M. 1956. _Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of Kansas._ 356 pages. University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History, $1.50. Werler, John E. 1950. The poisonous snakes of Texas and the first aid treatment of their bites. _Texas Fish and Game_, February, 1950. Wyeth, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. _Antivenin_ (North American Antisnakebite Serum). 15 pages. ABOUT THIS ISSUE The cover picture is a copperhead. This snake was photographed alive, but somewhat anesthetized with ether, by Dr. John Breukelman and the author, using a single-lens reflex 35 mm. camera, type A Kodachrome film and two photofloods. The illustrations on page 14 were taken by these same two, using a Polaroid Land camera, photofloods, and graduate student George Ratzlafl as victim. The line drawings and color illustrations were made by the author. The color plates of non-poisonous and poisonous snakes were painted in water colors, using live and preserved snakes as models. The original paintings have been reduced one-half in this publication. Poisonous snakes are only one aspect of the study of herpetology, which includes other reptiles, as well as amphibians. These together may be referred to as herptiles. There are 97 species of herptiles in Kansas: 9 salamanders, 20 frogs and toads, 15 lizards, 40 snakes, and 13 turtles. The turtles of Kansas have been described in a past issue of The Kansas School Naturalist (April, 1956), and an issue on the lizards of the state is in preparation. PREVIOUS ISSUES Oct. 1954, Window Nature Study; Dec. 1954, Wildlife in Winter; Feb. 1955, Children’s Books for Nature Study (First in a series): April 1955, Let’s Go Outdoors; Oct. 1955, Fall Wildflowers; Dec. 1955, Snow; Feb. 1956, Spring Wildflowers; April 1956, Turtles in Kansas; Oct. 1956, Hawks in Kansas; Dec. 1956, Children’s Books for Nature Study (Second in the series); Feb. 1957, Life in a Pond; April 1957, Spiders; Oct. 1957, Along the Roadside; Dec. 1957, An Outline for Conservation Teaching in Kansas; Feb. 1958, Trees; April 1958, Summer Wildflowers; Oct. 1958, Watersheds in Kansas; Dec. 1958, Let’s Build Equipment. Those printed in boldface type are still available upon request. The others are out of print, but may be found in many school and public libraries in Kansas. AUDUBON SCREEN TOUR SERIES