SNAKES SWALLOWING THEIR PREY. 

 Fig. 19. — On the left is a Brown House Snake {Boodon lineatus) constricting a half-grown Barn Rat. 

 The snake is 2 feet i inch long. It is just proceeding to swallow the rat. It is starting at the nose. 

 The illustration on the right is a Red-lipped or Herald Snake, 2 feet in length, in the act of 

 swallowing a frog. This picture is taken from life. 



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