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SIT I I v 5> 



Coluber Simla. C ,/( lon^itndmali utrinquc fimu 



marginafa. 

 Grey Snake, with a longitudinal dnky band hounded on 



side by a hlack line. 

 Coluber Situla. lAn. Syst. Naf. p. 385. 

 Abdominal scuta 236, subcaudal scales 45. 



OF tliis species little more is known than what 

 may be collected from its specific character : it is 

 a native of Egypt, and appears to have been first 

 described by Hasselquist. 



SAURITE SNAKE. 



Coluber Saurita. C.fuscus, littus tribus cccru?eo~>cirentibu&. 

 Brown Snake, with three blue-green stripes. 

 Coluber Saurita. tin. Syst. Nat. p. 385. 

 Ribbon Snake. Catesb. Carol. 2. t. 50. 

 Abdominal scuta 156, subcaudal scales 121. 



A SPECIES of considerable beauty : colour brown 

 above, with three moderately broad longitudinal 

 blueish-green or whitish stripes : abdomen pale 

 blueish green : the brown colour has sometimes a 

 ferruginous cast, and the blue-green exhibits a 

 degree of iridescent variation : the head is rather 

 small and slightly pointed ; the whole habit long 

 and slender, and the tail thin : it is said to be an 

 animal extremely swift in its motions, frequenting 

 trees, and inhabiting Carolina, and many other 

 parts of North America : it is perfectly innocent, 

 and is about three feet in length. 



