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Heterodon simus. 



HOG-NOSED SNAKE. 

 One brought u.s by Mr. Ballard in June, 1905. (Two specimens taken 

 in Wake County, near Raleigh in October, 1907. ) The spreading adder 

 (Heterodon plalyrhimts), so common in the interior of tlie State, was not 

 observed in either year. 



Haldea striatula. 



BROWN SNAKE. 

 One specimen brought us by Mr. Ballard in June, 1905. Very young 

 specimens of this species not infrequently have a white crossband or half 

 collar on the nape. 



Natrix fasciata. 



SOUTHERN WATER SNAKE. 



Two medium-sized specimens taken, one in 1906, the other in 1907, belong 

 to this form. No specimens of N. sipedon were taken. 



Natrix fasciata erythrogaster. 



COPPER BELLY. 



One a little over 1,200 mm. taken in May, 1906, and two, one 1,200, the 

 other 1,100 mm. , in May, 1907. These Copperbellies, as they are called in 

 North Carolina, are uniform rusty red a1)0ve, and yellowish red below. 

 This form also occurs at Raleigh, where sipedon and not fasciata is the pre- 

 vailing form. 



Natrix taxispilota.* 



PIED WATER SNAKE. 



This snake seemed to be not uncommon in the region, though but three 

 specimens were actually secured, one in each year. The 1907 specimen 

 was the longest, measuring 1,B40 mm. in length. Tails of two specimens 

 were taken from the stomachs of alligators in 1906, a part of one was 

 vomited by a young cormorant in 1!)05, and one or two specimens were 

 seen alive but not secured. 



Ancistrodon piscivorus. 



COTTON MOUTH. 



Two good-sized specimens killed in June, 1905; not seen in other years. 



Ancistrodon contortrix 



COPPERHEAD. 



One specimen of this snake was killed by Woglum in Little Lake woods 

 in May, 1906. 



Crotalus adamanteus. 



DIAMOND RATTLESNAKE. 



A large skin of this species is in the State Museum at Raleigh, and was 

 sent there from Havelock, near which place it was killed. 



* A specimen of Tantilla coronata, our only eastern Dipsadine snake, was brought 

 to me at Raleigh May (\. 1905, by a colored boy who said he had found it on the edge of 

 some woods. Taken at Southern Pines, by G. M. Gray, May, I'JO'.i. 



