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The characters of the specimens taken at Henry are : 



Tail 

 Scale divided 



reus Vcntrals Caudals Labials Oculars Length by length Sex 



25-19 134 47 — 625 0.170 Male 



25-19 144 44 — II 745 0.161 Female 



II 



Coluber constrictor constrictor (Linne). — The black snake, 

 or black racer, was seen frequently in fields and at the edges 

 of woods. Three specimens were taken at Henry. These are 

 all very dark in coloration, the scale rows on each are 17-15 

 and the oculars are 2-2. Rhoades records specimens from 

 Samburg. 



Tail divided 

 Vcntrals Caudals Labials Length by length Sex 



8-7 



174 87 1 170 0.248 Male 



8-8 



177 — Adult female 



181 98 — 1349 0.245 Male 



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BlapJic obsoleta obsolcta (Say). — This is a common and 

 well-known snake, locally called "chicken snake." Near Henry 

 a young adult was taken in an oak-hickory woods as it was 

 going under a fallen log, and a cast skin was found in a school- 

 house. The latter may have been carried in. This Henry 

 specimen shows the dorsal spots clearly, but larger examples 

 from Reelfoot Lake and Arlington (U. S. National Museum) 

 more nearly approach the typical coloration. Rhoades reports 

 it from Samburg and refers to it as the most abundant snake 

 throughout the state. 



