December, 1909 



THE GARDEN -MAGAZINE 



253 



Fox Snake 



(Coluber vulpinus) 

 " Like all the Colubers, the 

 Fox Snake deposits a con- 

 siderable number of eggs, 

 generally in the hollow of 

 a stump, and leaves them 

 without further ado, to 

 hatch within six or eight 

 weeks* time. The eggs 

 gradually increase in size 

 by absorbing the moisture 

 of the wood pulp in which 

 they are deposited. Just 

 prior to hatching, an egg is 

 a third or a half larger than 

 when laid. In proportion 

 to the size of the female, 

 the young are large when 

 hatched, being about ten 

 inches in length. 



"The Chicken Snake de- 

 posits about two dozen 

 eggs and the Rainbow 

 Snake from two to four 

 dozen. Probably the Gar- 

 ter Snake is the most pro- 

 lific of those that produce 

 living young, as a single 

 brood may contain fifty 

 members." 



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