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author has allowed himself to be bitten on two diiTerent occasions 

 by king snakes, and although the needle-sharp teeth sank deeply- 

 enough into his hand to draw blood, the resulting wounds healed 

 promptly with no unpleasant complications whatever." ''Very 





Fia. 61.— Map showing localitt records for Lampropeltis multincincta. 



little is known of the habits of this snake (Van Denburgh, 1893, 169). 

 Old hunters say that it destroys many rattlers and other snakes. 

 One of my specimens had eaten two blue-bellied Lizards {Sceloporus 

 occidentalis) . It is popularly supposed to be very poisonous." 



