igo REPORT OF NEW. JERSEY) SDATE, MUSEUM: 
color, rarely much darker. Over back about 18 transverse deep 
or rich sienna hour-glass-shaped bands or blotches, expansions 
below on each side, where they become gradually paler, like 
general tint of back, so that their lower boundaries are not de 
fined. Both anterior and posterior inner portions of dorsal 
blotches becoming deeper brown or burnt-umber marginally. 
Ground-color also becomes paler around edges of dorsal blotches, 
increasing their distinctness. A narrow deep brown streak back 
from eye till around posterior margin of both last upper and 
lower labial plates, and then forward about midway in depth of 
lower labials, stopping opposite pit. About 28 deep brown 
blotches along gastrosteges laterally, well separated, arranged 
regularly on both sides of body, each one extending about over 
2 gastrostegeal scales and over 1 series above, where they are 
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Copper Head Snake. Agkistrodon contortrix (Linnzus). 
deepest in color, and their lower moieties, fading out in general 
color of belly. Alternately between these lateral dark blotches pale 
brown ones, though only distinct on throat, and also placed 
further down or more inferiorly on gastrosteges. After these 
become entirely ventral, gastrosteges have an obscure pale 
mottled-brown appearance, general color being a paler though 
similar tint to that of back. Upper surface of tail with 3 dorsal 
blotches complete, lower surface immaculate, and distal half 
sulphur-yellow, both above and below. Iris pale coppery, pupil 
pale grayish. Length 934 inches. Round Lake in Kittahanny 
Mountains, Sussex County, July 6th, 1907. B. W. Griffiths. 
I have only the above example of this dangerous animal. It 
is said to prefer damp places, and is rare in most localities, 
