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PLATE LXXXVIII 



YOUNG OF THE COMMON RACER, Zayienis ronslriclor 



liaracteristic with all the species of the genus, the young of the Blacksnake is strongly blotched or banded. The pattrrn 

 fades into the uniform black of the adult during the second year 



BLACKEN \K! ; K\CKR, Zamfnit ron.ttrietor. Adult Northern phase 



A familiar serpent of the eaM.-rn 1'nitrd Si;,i.^. ' It is not a c-onstri. l.'.r. d.-spit,- thr s--irntific namr. ( Ir-.ws to a length of seven feet 

 Asitfee.lslarnfly ujjiin small nxlents it should IK- j.rotrdcl by the agriculturist 



