List of Half-tone Illustrations 



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XCIV. 



The Home of the Blacksnake . . 256 



Where the Water Snakes Bask 256 



Kirtland's Water Snake, CIcDwphis kirilandi 257 



Striped Swamp Snake, Tropidoclonium lineatiim 257 



V>i.kc\\ Sw M\v S>i.\KM, Seminatrix pygcea . . 260 



Allen's Snake, Liodyies alleni .... 260 



Heads OF Miscellaneous S.mall Serpents . 261 



DeKay's Snake, Sioreria dekayi. . . 268 



Storer's Snake; Red-bellied Snake. Sioreria 



occi piiomacidata ..... 268 



Brown Snake, Haldea striatula . . . 269 



Valeria's Snake, Virginia vaJerice . . . 269 



Heads of North American Racers . . 274 



Heads of North American Racers . . 275 



Indigo Snake, Spilotes corais couperi. The 

 Largest Serpent of the Eastern United States, 



Attaining a Length of 9 Feet . 286 



Cribo, Spilotes corais melannrus . . . 286 



Young of the Common Racer, Zamenis con- 



siricior ....... 287 



Blacksnake; Racer, Zamenis consfricior. Adult 



— Northern Phase ..... 287 



Blacksnake ; Racer, Zamenis constrictor — South- 

 ern Phase ...... 290 



Blue Racer, Zamenis constrictor flaviventris . 290 



CoACHWHiP Snake, Zamenis flagelliformis . 291 



Striped Racer; Whip-snake, Zamenis tceniatus 291 



Flat-nosed Snake, Salvidora grahantiee . . 294 



Fox Snake, Coluber vulpimis .... 294 



Heads of North American Colubers . . 295 



Pilot Blacksnake, Coluber ohsoletus . 298 



Blotched Chicken Snake, Coluber obsolctus 



con fin is ....... 298 



Yellow Chicken Snake; Four-banded Col- 

 uber, Coluber obsolctus quadrivittatus — Adult 299 

 Eggs of Four-banded Coluber, Coluber obso- 

 lctus quadrivittatus ..... 299 



Young of the Four-banded Coluber . . 2951 

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