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JUNGLE ISLAND 



As it persisted in keeping its head out of sight 

 so that I could not pick it up properly by the 

 neck, I finally shook it out of its resting place 

 two feet above the ground into a bag held ready. 



After photograph by Ditmars 



Fig. 49. The long-headed tree snake 



Then I caught its neck with my forceps and put 

 the head into a bottle of formalin. The long 

 slender neck, the heavier body, and the deHcate 

 tail followed, and when the bottle was corked, I 

 had caught my first jungle snake. 



