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lindkeimeri, C. quadrivittatus): rats, mice, small birds up to 

 size of quail, young birds, bird's eggs, hen's eggs. 



The Bull Snakes (Pityopkis say i and P. melanoleucus) same 

 food as the Colubers. 



Spotted Racer {Coluber guttatus) has not been observed to 

 eat hen's eggs, but otherwise its food seems to be much the 

 same as the other Colubers, although I think it shows a much 

 greater preference for rats and mice: and the same remarks 

 apply so far as my experience goes, also to the Black Snake 

 {Bascanian constrictor} and the Coachwhip (Bascanian 

 filagelluni). 



King Snake (Ophibolus getulus): rats, mice and other 

 snakes. 



Brown King Snake {Ophibolus rkomboamaculatus)-. rats, 

 mice and lizards. 



Red King Snake (Opkibolus coccineus): lizards, (Eume- 

 ces and Liolepisma). 



Green Snake {Cyclophis aestivus): large insects such as lar- 

 val katydids and the caterpillars of the Silver-spotted Skip- 

 per. 



Brown Snake {Haldea striatula): earthworms. 



With regard to the food of lizards, I cannot say much. 

 The smaller species however eat insects of various kinds, the 

 common rusty Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), and the 

 Green Lizard (Anolis principalis), commonly though erro- 

 neously known as "Chameleon," having been observed in con- 

 finement to eat house flies, young grasshoppers, and small 

 butterflies, while the Bluetailed Lizard {Eumeces fasciatus) 

 commonly known as "Scorpion" in the South, has been ob- 

 served to eat house flies, butterflies, small caraoid beetles, 

 earthworms, cockroaches and large, smooth caterpillars, but 

 bright colored butterflies were not liked. The so-called Glass 

 or Joint Snake (Op/iisaurus vent?'alis) has been observed to eat 

 Katydids, large Bird Grasshopper {Schistocera americanum) 

 and large butterflies such as the swallowtails. The other 

 legless lizard of the eastern United States, the curious Flor- 



