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yellow. Young, olive, with darker dorsal blotches. Length 50-60 

 inches. 



" Formerly extremely abundant, now fairly so. A specimen taken 

 May 25, 1883, measured 58 inches in length." Mearns. '98, p. 326 



" A very common species, both relatively and absolutely, in south- 

 eastern New York." Eckel. 1901, p. 152 



The department records show no evidence of a black snake having 

 been taken in the vicinity of Ithaca since 1883. In all my collect- 

 ing about here, for the past three years, I have never seen or heard 

 of one. If any have been taken recently, the fact has not come to 

 our notice. Reed. 1901 



" Very common in Rockland county, attaining a large size." 



Wallace. 1901 



7 Coluber vulpinus (B. & G-.) 



Fox snake 

 Jordan. Callopeltis vulpinus 

 Rostral broad ; vertical plate broader than long. Scales in 27 

 rows (or occasionally 25) ; the nine dorsal rows carinated. 



Fig. 8 Coluber vulpinus 



Ground color above light brown, with a series of broad, transverse, 

 quadrate, chocolate blotches ; below yellowish white, with a series 

 of subquadrate, black blotches on edge of abdomen, opposite to 

 those of the dorsal series. Length 60 inches. 



Included here because of one specimen, described by J. A. Allen 



