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[Mar., 



Or, viewed from the standpoint of breeding, they are about equally- 

 divided: the poisonous snakes, Tropidonotus, Thamtiophis, Storeria 

 and Haldea, being ovoviviparous, and all the rest oviparous. 



Finally, if the Okefinokee snakes be grouped according to food, 

 based largely on stomach contents, but also on observations of the 

 haunt, time of activity in the swamp and on the keen knowledge 

 of the natives, these snakes are arranged as follows: 



E. ohsoletus, 

 L. getidus, 

 C. constrictor, 

 S. miliarius, 

 C. adamanteus, 



C. constrictor, 

 S. miliarius, 

 L. d. coccineus, 



T. s. sackeni, 

 T. taxispilotus, 

 (T. fasciatus). 



L. getidus, 

 A. piscivorus, 



T. fasciatus, 

 T. taxispilotus, 

 H. platyrhinus, 

 C. constrictor, 

 E. ohsoletus, 



H. platyrkinus, 

 T. s. sackeni, 

 T. s. ordinatus, 

 S. miliarius, 

 L. d. coccineus. 



Mammals, Birds or their eggs. 



C. horridus, 

 A. piscivorus, 

 E. guttatus 



{mammals only.) 



Lizards (or their eggs). 



L. getulus, 

 (C. coccinea). 



Fish. 



A. piscivorus, 

 L. d. coccineus. 



Turtles (or their eggs). 

 E. ohsoletus. 



Frogs. 



A. piscivorus, 

 S. miliarius, 

 T. s. sackeni, 

 T. s. ordinatus. 



Insects, Worms, Mollusks, etc. 



D. punctatus, 



H. striatula, 



S. occipitomaculata, 



S. dekayi, 



0. cestivus. 



It is apparent at once that. insects, etc., prove the important food 

 of the smaller snakes, ten of the 21 species falling in this group and 



