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SNAKES. 



BLUE SNAKE. 



The blue snake is about three feet and a 

 half long, coated with rather large scales. The 

 general proportion of this snake is nearly the 

 same as the common English snake styled by 

 Linnaeus Coluber Notrix. * 



BLACK AND WHITE SNAKE. 



The black and white Snake is very short, 

 being only fifteen inches long, and from the 

 head to the tail are alternate bars of black and 

 white. 



YELLOW SNAKE. 



The yellow snake is from three to four feet 

 long, very slender ; its general colour is a yel- 

 low tawny colour, with many irregular indis- 

 tinct bars of a dark brown hue. 



BROWN AND YELLOW SNAKE. 



This snake is eight feet long; the belly is 

 of a yellowish colour; the other parts are of a 

 dark brown, with many spots of dull yellow; 

 the scales are very small in proportion to the 

 size of the animal, and the tail tapers to the end, 



* The serpents 1 have described are but a few of the many 

 which inhabit the country : none of these are poisonous, 

 and are only the most remarkable because the most beautiful. 



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