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beauty of colour, size, or preservation, to be the 

 finest specimen ever brought into this country ; 

 measuringthirty-twofeetin length, and two feet seven 

 inches in circumterence, and is preserved in the act 

 of destroying a deer, which is crushed, and expiring 

 in the enormous folds of its merciless enemy. 



[I have retained the generic name of Boa; but on 

 examination of all the species that I have seen^ they 

 prove to belong to the Genus Coluber.] 



SERPENTS (SERPENTES). 



This Case contains thirty-seven different Serpe?its, 

 finely prepared, and exhibited in their natural posi- 

 tions, with the English and Linnaean names attached 

 to them. 



Serpents^ No,,2, 



A young specimen of the Boa Constrictor, 



Striped Rattle Snake (Crotalus Durissus). 



The Rattle Snake is the most poisonous of rep- 

 tiles that inhabit America. The most conspicuous 

 distinction this animal bears from all other of its spe- 

 cies, is the rattle, which makes so loud a noise while 



