THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE CXXVTI 



A RATTLESNAKE " DEN " 



A deep cleft in a ledge in the mountains of Sullivan County, Xew York, where large numbers of the Timber Rattlesnake, Crotaltis horridus, 



gather to bask in the autumn sun and to hibernate 



A HAUNT OF THE DIAMOND RATTLESNAKE 



A road through the hammocks in South Carolina. The big Southern rattlesnake. Crotaius adamanleus. often crossed this road at night 

 The lagoon on the left teemed with water moccasins. Antistrodon piscivorus. In the immediate vicinity, the writer, and an assistant 

 captured over three hundred snakes of various species in less than two weeks' time. 



