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PLATE CXXVI 



PIGMY RATTLESNAKE, Sistrurus miliarius 



The bite of this tiny rattlesnake is seldom fatal to man. While the little creature vigorously sounds its miniature rattle, the oppendage 

 is so small it can not be heard more than a few feet away. Common in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida 



MASSASAUOA, Sistrurus catcnalus 

 Grows large enough to be considered very dangerous to man, but is rapidU In <oming exterminated over the greater portion of its range 



