The Reptile Rook 



Pl.ATl. CVIII 



COMP^ION KlXf, SN'AKF. ; CU \\\ ^NAKl' >^rh:'.'!u. o,',.:,. 

 A notoriously cannibalistic reptile of the Southea^st. It kills and eats vt-nomous as well as harniliss stTjx'nts, and is immune to 

 the bites of the former. Also feeds upon rodents. It is a curiously gentle reptile as regards its demeanour toward man 



BOYLE'S KING SNAKE. Ophibolus getulus boylH 

 DifTers from the precedini; only in the pattern and distribution. The range embraces Ari/xina and southern California 



