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is said to jirefer meadows and low-lying ground, aud is hence frequently- 

 met with by the dwellers in such situations. It is a dangerous snake, 

 and (;auses serious injury and frequently death by its bite. Its num- 

 bers are, however, much reduced. It finds concealment in the rocky 

 parts of the country, and still remains in the trap ridges of the Con- 

 necticut Valley in Massachusetts and Connecticut. This snake has- 

 like many others, the habit of rapid vibration of the end of the tail 

 when alarmed, and the horny spinous apex buzzing among dry leaves 

 resembles no little the warning noise of the rattle of the Crotalus. 

 Harmless snakes fear it, but some of them devour it. Professor Ver- 

 rill, of Yale University, informs me that a black snake [Bascanium 

 constrictor)^ brought to him from near New Haven, Connecticut, 

 vomited a well-grown copperhead. 



Ancintrodon contortrix Linnceus. 



Catalogue 

 No. 



808 



559 

 569 



7811 

 570 



5463 

 ^2 

 566 

 571 

 575 



8047 



574 



563 



8788 

 8365 

 9000 



9957 



9210 



10361 

 10075 

 9685 

 10361 

 15531 



15553 

 16240 

 17280 

 17281 



19261 



19968-9 



22336 



22679 



14843 

 18013 



Number 

 of speci- 

 mens. 



Locality. 



Prairie Mar Rouge, Louisi- 

 ana. 

 do 



Ked River, Arkansas 



Fort Rilev, Kansas.. 



Big Blue Kiver, Kans'as. . . 



Grand Coteau, Louisiana.. 



Mississippi . 



Carlisle, Pennsylvania 



Sabinal 



Madison, Virginia 



Washington, District of 

 Columbia. 



Charleston, South Caro- 

 lina. 



do 



Augusta, Georgia , 



Ferry Landing, Virginia . . 



Wilmington, North Caro- 

 lina. 



Arkansas 



When 

 collected. 



May 29,1875 



— , 1875 



Charleston, South Caro- 

 lina. I 



Leesburg, Virginia Sept. — , 1879 



Florida ' —,1879 



Virginia [ May 21,1878 



Leesburg, Virginia Sept. — ,1879 



Bernadotte, Fulton Coun- ' 



ty, Illinois. I 



Cook County, Texas 



St. Louis, Missouri ' 



Great F'alls, Maryland ' 



Washington, District of 

 Columbia. 



St. Elizabeth's Asylum, 

 District of Columbia. 



Culpeper County, Vir- 

 ginia. 



Orange Hammock, De Soto 

 County, Florida. 



St. Elizabeth's Asylum, 

 District of Columbia. 



Gainesville, Florida 



St. Louis, Missouri 



From whom received. 



J. Fairie. 



-do 



Dr.L.A.Edwards,U.S.A 

 Dr. B.J.D. Irwin, U. S. A 



W. S. Wood 



St. Charles College 



Dr. J. G. Coojier 



Prof S. F. Bainl 



Col.J. D.Graham, U.S. A 



Dr. C. Girard 



Dr. E. Coues, U. S. A 



Dr. C. Girard 



Nature of 

 specimen. 



William Phillips. 

 H. W. Welsher... 



Alcoholic 



type. 

 Alcoholic. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do- 

 do. 



do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



Capt. J. P. Mc Cowan, i 



U. S. A. 1 



St. Charles College I 



C. S. Carter ' 



J. W.Milner I 



F. n. Gushing 



C. S. Carter - ! 



Dr. W. S. Strode \ 



G. H. Ragsdale.. 

 Julius Hurter. . . 

 C. W. Richmond. 

 do 



Dr. J. W. Blackburn.... 

 Albert E. McConnell . . 



William Palmer 



Dr. J. W. Blackburn ... 



James Bell 



Julius Uurter. 



do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do 



do. 



do 



do. 



do. 

 do. 



