List of Half-tone Illustrations 



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Heads of Copperhead Snake and Water Moc- 

 casin. From Top and Side 

 Water Moccasin; "Cotton-mouth" Snake, An- 



cisirodon piscivonis .... 

 A Copperhead "Den" .... 

 Home of the Water Moccasin. A Bayou in 



the Georgia Lowgrounds 

 Plates Under Tails of Poisonous and Har.m 



less Snakes .... 

 Different Stages of the Rattle . 

 Longitudinal Section of the Rattle 

 Heads of Dwarf Rattlesnakes 

 Pigmy Rattlesnake, Sislrurus miliarhis 

 Massasauga, Sislrurus caicnahis 

 A Rattlesnake "Den" 

 A Haunt of the Diamond Rattlesnake 

 Timber Rattlesnake and Newly Born Litter 

 Heads of North American Rattlesnakes 

 Heads OF North American Rattlesnakes 

 Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus. Yellow 



Phase 



Timber Rattlesnake, Crolalus horridus. Black 



Phase ....... 



Western Diamond Rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox 

 Red Diamond Rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox 



ruber ....... 



Mountain Diamond Rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox 



— Phase scuiulaius ..... 

 Black-tailed Rattlesnake, Crotalus molossus 

 Prairie Rattlesnake, Crotalus confluentus . 

 Pacific Rattlesnake, Crotalus oregonus 

 Horned Rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes 

 Head of the Horned Rattlesnake 

 Green Rattlesnake, Crotalus lepidus 

 Price's Rattlesnake, Crotalus pricei 



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