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SUMMER SNAKE. 



Coluber ^stivus. C. undi-ccEruleus gracilis rostro obtuso, ah- 



domine mrescente. 

 Blue-green slender Snake, with obtuse snout, and pale-green 



abdomen. 



Green Snake. Catesb. Carol. 2. pi. 57. 

 Abdominal scuta 155, subcaudal scales 144. 



Habit long and flagelliform as in the Ahastulla: 

 general length about three feet : head obtuse ; co- 

 lour of the Avhole upper parts blue-greeu;, with a 

 slight purplish cast in some specimens : abdomen 

 pale blue-green : tail very long and slender : na- 

 tive of many parts of North America, residing on 

 trees, and preying on flies and other insects. Ca- 

 tesby affirms that it is easily reclaimed from its 

 natural wildness, becoming tame and familiar, 

 and adds, that some people will carry it in their 

 bosoms. 



FILIFORM SNAKE. 



Coluber Filiformis. C. aiigysfissimus niger, suhtiis albus. 



Extremely slender black Snake, white beneath. 



Coluber fihformis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 388. Mus. Ad. Frid. 



p. 36, t. 17, f. 9. 

 Abdominal scuta l65, subcaudal scales 158. \ 



Described by Linn ecus in the Museum Adol- 

 phi Friderici : length about a foot ; thickness 

 scarcely that of a goose quill: colour black above, 

 appearing like a broad dorsal sti ipe : beneath 



