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CANADA SNAKE. 



Coluber Leberis. C. pallidus, supra fasciis Unearibus nigris ca- 



pite albido. 

 Pale Snake, with white head, and body marked above by linear 



black bands. 



Coluber Leberis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 275. 

 Abdominal scuta 110, subcaudal scales 50. 



SLIGHTLY described by Kalm, who informs us 

 that it is a native of Canada, and that the upper 

 parts are traversed by linear black bands : the 

 head is white, with two rufous spots on the top, 

 and a triangular spot over the nose : it is marked 

 in the Systema Naturae as a poisonous species, but 

 Dr. Gray, in his paper on the Amphibia published 

 in the Philosophical Transactions, considers this 

 particular as doubtful. 



SUPERB SNAKE. 



Coluber Elegantissimus. C. albus capite nigro variato, corpore 

 supra maculis rubris ocellatis scrie quintuplici per dorsum dis- 

 positis. 



White Snake, with head variegated with black, and body 

 marked above by a quintuple series of ocellated red spots. 



Serpens lemniscata venustissima Americana. Seb. 1. t. 81. f. 5. 



THIS, from the description and figure of Seba, 

 appears to be a beautiful species, measuring about 

 two feet in length ; of a white colour, marked 

 down the upper part with a quintuple series of 

 black spots, with red centres, the middle row 



