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22. (7). Zaimenis constrictor, Linnaeus. 
Black snake. 
Coluber constrictor, Linnaeus, Gmelin, Harlan, Schlegel, 
Siorcr, Holbrook, Thompson, DeKay, Garman. 
Hierophis constrictor, Bonaparte. 
Cor Dy constrictor, Dumertl and Bibron, Gunther. 
C ‘oluber flaviventris, Say. 
Bascaittum constrictor, Baird and Girard, Cope. 
pascaniun flaviventris, Baird and Girard. 
Coryphodon flaviventris, Halloweil. 
Bascanton fremontti, Baird and Girard, 
Bascanion fox, Laird and Girard. 
Bascanion vetustus, Baird and Girerd, Girard, Cooper. 
Hascanion constrictor vetustum, Cope, Yarrow, 
Zameis constrictor, Boulenger. 
Length 6o inches. Adult, color above uniform, lustrous 
blue black, beneath greenish black; chin and throat white. 
Young; above olive, with rhomboidal, dorsal, dark blotches ; 
beneath greenish white. 
tields and meadows, woodland. 
R. W. P. Coll., two specimens and eggs. 
25. (6). Coluber obsoletus, Say. 
Pilot black snake. 
Scolophis obsoleius, Kennicoti. 
Coluber aliegheniensis, Holbrook. 
Scotophis allegheniensis, Baird and Girard. 
Elaphis alleghemensis, Allen. 
Elaphis holbrookti, Dumeril and Bibron. 
Scotophis lindheimerti, Baird and Girard. 
Coluber obsoletus, Say, Harlan, Cope. 
ength 60 inches. Color above black, sometimes with dor- 
sal series of lighter colored quadrangular blotches. Abdomen 
slate color, or greenish white mottled with dark slate. Central 
corsal scales carinated instead of smooth, which characteristic 
together with its darker color will serve to distinguish it from 
Z. constrictor. 
Recorded in Mass. and Conn. 
24. (Q). Osceola doliata triangula, Boie. 
Milk snake; House snake; Chequered adder. 
O phibolus doliatus iriangulus, Cope. 
Coluber triangulum, Bote. 
Ablabes triangulunt, Dumeril and Bibron, Hallowell. 
Lamtpropeltis triangula, Cope. 
Pseudoelaps, Berthold. 
Coluber extnuus, DeKay, Harlan, Holbrook, Gunther. 
Ophipolus eximius, Baird and Girard, 
Coronella triangulum, Boulenger. 
