SNAKES' EGGS. 



Fig. II.— 5a. Egg of a Python (/VAon s<-6fr), wpiRht si oz., >izc of a Goose Egg. 2. Egg of a Boomslang or 

 Tree Snake (Disphohdusty pus), s.iic of a Pigeon's Egg. 3. Egg of Brown Water Snake (/lWa6o^/ii 

 ru/ulus). More elliptical than that of the Boomslang. Same bulk. 4. A young Brown Uat. 1 

 Snake, hatching out. 5. Egg of Green Water Snake (Chlorophis hoplogaster). Same size and shap' 

 as No. 3. 6. The " shell " of a snake's egg. It is not hard and brittle, it is soft and tough. 7. Egg 

 of a Night Adder {Causus rhombealus). 8. Showing the progressive development of the embryo of a snake. 



5B A pile of Snakes' Eggs, and the broken skin of another. These are the Eggs of the Brown House Snake 

 (Ahlabophis rufulus), two-thirds natural sire. The "shell" is soft, tough and leathery. The contents 

 are of a very light yellow colour. There is no separate yolk and albumen (white). 



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