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*23. Coluber getulus, Linn., Chain Snake, Mil ford. 



*24. Coluber leberis, Kalra, Yellow-bellied Snake, Orange and 

 Canaan. 



*25. Coluber eximius, Dekay, Milk Snake, Huntington and 

 East Hartford. 



*26. Coluber amcenus, Say, Red Snake, Preston. 



*27. Coluber Dekayi, Holbrook, Dekay's Brown Snake, Strat- 

 ford and Canaan. - 



# 28. Coluber occipito-maculatus, Storer, Stratford. 



*29. Heterodon platyrhinos, Holbrook, Flat-headed Adder, 

 Stratford. 



*23. I am informed by Mr. Nettleton of Orange, that he has seen the chain 

 snake in Milford. As he is an observing man, possessed of good judgment and 

 quite a taste for natural history, I have inserted it here. I am also induced so to 

 do, from the fact that this as well as the following species are both found near 

 New York and on Long Island. (See Dr. Dekay's Report on New York Fauna, 

 Part III, page 37, with figures.) 



*24. Mr. Nettleton assures me that he has killed the yellow-bellied snake in the 

 town of Orange. He so decided on seeing Dr. Dekay's figure of this species, to 

 which I had called his attention. Mr. Lawrence also of Canaan, Litchfield Coun- 

 ty, an observing gentleman, is sure he has killed this snake in that town. 



*25. I killed one of this species in Huntington about a year since, two feet two 

 inches in length. It is doubtless found in all our counties. It sometimes in this 

 county has been known to enter a grist-mill and remain a length of time for the 

 apparent purpose of feeding on the mice which were there attainable. It is prob- 

 able this is one principal object of his frequenting dwelling houses, and not always 

 for the purpose of obtaining milk, as is generally supposed. 



*26. The little red snake has been killed this season in the town of Preston by 

 Mr. J. H. Trumbull. It is by no means common, although found in other sec- 

 tions of this state. His specimen was eight inches in length. 



*27. The little brown snake is supposed by description to have been killed by 

 Col. Edwards Johnson, at his residence in this town, in the summer of 1841, and 

 in August, 1843, was killed by Mr. Munson in Canaan. It has been found in 

 Massachusetts, Long Island and Michigan. 



*28. I have seen several of the spotted neck snake here in autumn, usually nine 

 to ten inches long, turned out of ground where they had evidently intended to 

 pass the winter. 



*29. This adder is not very uncommon. I have killed many of them in North- 

 ford and other parts of the state. Mr. Wm. O. Ayres has killed one this season 

 in East Hartford. One was killed here last season while floating down the Hou- 

 satonic, probably in the water by accident, as they do not frequent the water. The 

 hiss of this snake is almost equally loud and certainly more threatening than that 

 of a goose. Mr. Trumbull mentions a specimen taken near Stonington about 

 four feet in length, and says it is there called a red snake and is often confounded 

 with the chunk-head, and supposed by some persons to be a new species. This 

 length indeed is very uncommon. 



