498 BROWN 



gradually tapering to the extremity : native of 

 South America. 



BROWN VVAKK. 



Coluber Fuscus. C. c'merco-fmcus, abdomhic pdltido, macula po* 



tocularifusca. 

 Cinereous-brown Snake, with pale abdomen, and brown spot 



behind the eyes. 

 Coluber fuscu*. Lin. Si/st. Nat. p. 388. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. j:. 



t. 17. f. 1. 



Seb. C. t. 71. f. 1. t. 72. f. 1. and t. 87. /. 1. 

 Abdominal scuta 14-9, subcaudal scales 117. 



A MODERATELY large species, growing to four 

 feet or more in length : colour cinereous brown, 

 sometimes tinged with blueish, or with olive co- 

 lour, or ferruginous : abdomen pale : head rather 

 small than large, and marked behind the eyes with 

 an oblong brown patch : tail about a fifth of the 

 whole length, gradually tapering to a point. Na- 

 tive of several parts of Asia. 



