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Ixxix. THE HOME OF THE BLACKSNAKE 



WHERE THE WATER SNAKES BASK . 

 Ixxx. KIRTLAND'S WATER SNAKE, Clonopbis kirtlandi 



STRIPED SWAMP SNAKE, Tropidodonium lineatum 

 Ixxxi. BLACK SWAMP SNAKE, Seminatrix pygcea . 



ALLEN'S SNAKE, Liodytes alleni .... 



Ixxxii. HEADS OF MISCELLANEOUS SMALL SERPENTS 

 Ixxxiii. DEKAY'S SNAKE, Storeria dekayi. 



STORER'S SNAKE; RED-BELLIED SNAKE. Storeria 

 occipitomaculata ..... 



Ixxxiv. BROWN SNAKE, Haldea striatula 



VALERIA'S SNAKE, Virginia valerice . 

 Ixxxv. HEADS OF NORTH AMERICAN RACERS 

 Ixxxvi. HEADS OF NORTH AMERICAN RACERS 

 Ixxxyii. INDIGO SNAKE, Spilotes corais couperi. The 

 Largest Serpent of the Eastern United States, 

 Attaining a Length of 9 Feet 

 CRIBO, Spilotes corais melanurus 



Ixxxviii. YOUNG OF THE COMMON RACER, Zamenis con- 

 strictor ....... 



BLACKSNAKE; RACER, Zamenis constrictor. Adult 

 Northern Phase ..... 



Ixxxix. B LACKSNAKE ; RACER, Zamenis constrictor South- 

 ern Phase ...... 



BLUE RACER, Zamenis constrictor ftaviventris 

 xc. COACHWHIP SNAKE, Zamenis flagelliformis . 



STRIPED RACER; WHIP-SNAKE, Zamenis tceniatus 

 xci. FLAT-NOSED SNAKE, Salvidora grdhamice . 



Fox SNAKE, Coluber vulpinus .... 



xcii. HEADS OF NORTH AMERICAN COLUBERS 

 xciii. PILOT BLACKSNAKE, Coluber obsoletus 



BLOTCHED CHICKEN SNAKE, Coluber obsoletus 

 confinis ....... 



xciv. YELLOW CHICKEN SNAKE; FOUR-BANDED COL- 

 UBER, Coluber obsoletus quadrivittatus Adult 

 EGGS OF FOUR-BANDED COLUBER, Coluber obso- 

 letus quadrivittatus ..... 



YOUNG OF THE FOUR-BANDED COLUBER . 

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