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form for several days. The tail of its victim was doubled up, which spread 
the neck in such a way as to give the chainsnake the appearance of a cobra. 
About a week Jater she disgorged the undigested parts of the snake which 
was only the skin and bones, after which she was as lively as before. 
GENUS DIADOPHIS. (B. & = 
8. isc Arnyi. (Kenn.) The Ringneck Sna 
Is one of the most common of small snakes = like nearly all of the 
ensiy they make their abode under rocks and logs. Have found as many 
as fourteen under one rock. Found in St. Louis County, Mo., and St. Clair 
County, I). 
GENUS PHYLLOPHILOPHIS. (S. Garman.) 
9. Peacoat Aestivus. (Liun.) Keeled Green Snake. 
green snake, resembling a tree snake, which is rather 
scarce. ‘oni of my friends (entomologists) capture them occasionally in 
their nets while mowing bushes and small trees for insects. Have captured 
one at Allenton, St. Louis County, Mo., and one near Mascoutah, St. Clair 
County, I. 
GENUS COLUBER. 
10. Coluber Obsoletus Obsoletus. (Cope.) Mountain Black Snake or Pilot 
Snake. 
8 more common than oe aces black meine and makes its 
abode in standing hollow trees and under rocks and decaying logs. nd 
this snake of a more vicious Sistine, skeiteistatidttie the observations 
its prey in a moment’s time, so that only the head was visible, when it would 
commence to swallow it by beginning at the head of its prey and loosening 
its coils as it proceeded to devour it. Mostly found in the neighborhood of 
bluffs, Missouri and Dlinois. 
GENUS BASCANION. (B. & G.) 
i. en Constrictor. (Liun.) The Common Black Snake or ‘“ Blue 
cer. 
This snake is getting rather scarce, owing to the cultivation of the low 
grounds and its preference for meadows. Often found on the top of black- 
berry bushes, sunning itself. Had once the opportunity to see this snake 
Trace; so fast did it slide down a hill, over rocks and weeds, to seek its 
nied place amongst the roots of a large tree, that it required a race on my 
pa secure it. 
GENUS EUTAINIA. (B. AND G.) 
12. Eutainia Faireyi. (B.&G.) Fairie’s Ribbon Snake. 
It is quite common near St. Louis on both sides of the Mississippi river 
the swamps and ponds and low lands. 
13. Eutainia Radix. (B.&G.) The Racine Garter Snake. 
iS: Have found them ouly in the ditches filled with water along the road at 
| Wet t Prairie | County, Ul., where they are rather common. 
