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relates that he saw one curl up and vibrate its tail among dead 
leaves and thus produce a somewhat good imitation of the rattle- 
snake. I have examined examples from Shower Hill in Cam- 
den County taken May 12th 1902 (S. N. Rhoads), at Haddon- 
field (Dr. G. Watson), and Trenton (Dr. C. C. Abbott), which 
all appear to be clericus. Mr. Witmer Stone is of the opinion 
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House Snake. Lampropeltis doliatus clericus (Baird and Girard). 
that all the New Jersey examples he has examined are clericus. 
It may be distinguished as a race from triangulus by having 
the dark lateral spots more on the gastrosteges. Possibly the 
latter may occur in the upland fauna. It is harmless, and a 
valuable agent in the destruction of small mammals, many of 
