[ Wat/ord. 



P/totos hy Frcdk. Boa-ncr it- i;ou.^] 



A SMALL BOA-COXSTRICTOR SEIZIXO AXD DEYOUEIXG A HAT. 



IlIustratiDg tlie consecutive phases of seizing, strangling, and subsequently goiging the prey, as practised bj the largest and smallest members of 



the class. 



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