Contents 



CHAPTER 



XXXIV. 



PAGE 



XXXV. 



XXXVI. 



XXXVII. 



XXXVIII. 



XXXIX. 



XL. 



XLI. 



XLII. 



THE GREEN SNAKES 



Representatives of the Genera Cydopbis and 

 Liopeltis Small Serpents that are of a 

 Uniform, Pale Green Above, and thus 

 Characteristic Among North American 

 Snakes ...... 322 



SMALL, MISCELLANEOUS SMOOTH-SCALED SER- 

 PENTS; Genera Hypsiglena, Stilosoma, Rhadi- 

 nea, and Contia .... . 327 



THE RING-NECKED SNAKES; Genus Diadopbis 

 Small, Smooth-scaled Serpents with Char- 

 acteristic Markings .... 333 



THE KING SNAKES; Genus Opbibolus 

 Smooth-scaled Constricting Serpents of Small, 

 Medium and Large Size, which Derive the 

 Popular Title from their Habit of Killing 

 and Eating Both Harmless and Venomous 

 Snakes ...... 339 



THE RAINBOW SNAKES 



Large and Brilliantly Coloured, Burrowing 

 Serpents, of the Genera Abasior and 

 Farancia . . . . . 365 



THE SHARP-NOSED SNAKES; Genera Carpbo- 



pbis, Ficimia, Chilomeniscus, Cemophora, and 



Rhinocbilus 



Small, Burrowing Species, with Smooth Scales 369 



THE HOG-NOSED SNAKES; Genus Heterodon 



Three North American Species that are Inter- 

 esting from their Peculiar Form and 

 Habits . . . -377 



THE OPISTHOGLYPH SNAKES OF NORTH AMERICA 



A Division of Mildly Poisonous Serpents, with 

 Grooved Fangs in the Rear of the Upper 

 Jaw The Many Species Occur in Both the 

 Eastern and the Western Hemispheres . 386 



THE ELAPINE POISONOUS SNAKES; Sub-family 



Elapince 



A Large Sub-family of the Colubridee, Embracing 

 the Old Wori^ Cobras and their AHies, 

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