SNAKES' EGGS. 



Fig. II.— 5A. Egg of a Python (Python scbcr), weight jj oz., size of a Goose Egg. z. Egg of a Boomslang or 

 Tree Snake (r»is^Ao/i(iMS<y^Ms), size of a Pigeon's Egg. 3- Egg of Brown Water Sna'ke (Ablabophis 

 rufulus). More elliptical than that of the Boomslang. Same bulk. 4- A young Brown Water 

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

 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 rhotnbeattis). 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 

 (Ablabophis rufulus), two-thirds natural size. The "shell" i? soft, tough and leathery. The contents 

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



