THE RED-LIPPED OR HERALD SNAKE. 135 
In{some recent experiments with a large freshly caught 
Herald Snake, some of the bitten fowls died about twelve 
and can easily be 
his body, which 
and the tiny white specks scattered over 
He is a poisonous back-fanged snake, 
dy to make a forward lunge. 
black head, 
be@ia). 
de of defence rea 
Leptodira hotam 
shiny purplish- 
al-red upper-lip, 
He is in the attitu 
Ss 
y his cor 
look like flies’ eggs. 
de 
—The Herald or Red-lipped Snake ( 
recognized b 
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hours after the snake was allowed to obtain a full grip and press 
its fangs well home for about twenty seconds. A monkey which 
