ithe Hijlory of A N I M A L S. 
of a pale brown, with large black fpots, called the Hog-nofed-fnake. 39, The very 
long and flender Coluber, all over of a fine grafs-green. 40. The entirely blue Colu¬ 
ber, with undulated, deep blue fcuta on the belly, called the Wampum-fnake. 41* 
The brown Coluber, variegated with large and elegant fpots of a coral red, and a 
pale yellow, called the Bead-fnake. 42. The great Coluber, with the neck broad, 
and fwelled out behind. 43. The very large Coluber, with a thick neck and final! 
head. 44. The long Coluber, with a very fine pointed tail. 
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CENCHRIS. 
I N the Cenchris there are fcuta which cover the whole under part of the body, and 
of the tail: the head alfo is covered with fmall fquammas, and the tail has no 
appendage. 
Cenchris fcutis abdominalibus ducentis quadraginta^ fcutis 
caudee fexaginta quatuor . 
‘The Cenchris , with the fcuta of the abdomen two-hundred 
and forty , thofe of the tail Jixty . 
This is the largeft of all the Serpent kind ; we have fkins of it, in fome of our mu- 
feums, of five and twenty feet in length, and are afthred from the people who have 
feen it, that it grows to between thirty and forty : it’s thicknefs is proportioned to it’s 
length : it’s head is large, and the opening of it’s mouth extreamly wide : the whole 
head, from the extremity of the nofe to the joining with the back, is covered with a 
peculiar kind of fcales, much fmaller than thofe of the reft of the body. 
It is a native of the Eaft Indies, and has been met with in the fouthern parts of Ame¬ 
rica : it will feize on very large animals as it’s prey, and firft break their bones, by 
twilling it’s body round them, and afterwards fuck them down whole. It frequently 
lies in ambufh on trees, from whence it throws itfelf down on any thing that comes 
within reach. 
Cenchris fcutis abdominalibus centum mttaginta , caudee quinquaginta 
duo, 
The Cenchris , with the fcuta of the abdomen a hundred and ninety , thofe 
of the tail fifty-two. 
This is a very large Serpent, though inferior to the former in fize: it grows to fif¬ 
teen feet or more in length, and is very beautifully variegated in colour: the principal, 
or ground, colour is a pale olive, with an admixture of green : this is fpotted with large 
and irregular blotches of yellow; and there runs an undulated line of a dufkier colour, 
approaching to black, down the back : the belly is of a bright and fhining black : the 
tail is fhort and obtufe ; the head is covered with fmall pointed fcales, of a pale olive 
colour, which have their extremities a little eredt. 
It is met with in the woods of the fouthern parts of America, and fometimes comes 
into the huts of the natives, but is not mifchievous: It feeds on the fmall animals. 
Cenchris fcutis abdominalibus ducentis et viginti quatuor 3 caudee fcptua- 
ginta 0EI0, 
\The Cenchris , with the fcuta of the abdomen two hundred and twenty- 
four •> thofe of the tail twenty-eight. 
This alfo is a very large, but not a mifchievous, Serpent; it grows to twelve or four¬ 
teen feet long, and to the thicknefs of a man’s leg : it’s head is fmall, in proportion 
to the body, but the opening of the mouth is very large; the ground colour is a dufky 
yellow, with an admixture of a greyifh-green in it; this is variegated with a deep 
line, of a denticulated form down the back, and with fome fainter lines by it’s fides, 
between which there are feveral large fpots of a bright yellow, and fome of a greenifh- 
olive; the tail is obtufe, and the head of a bright green, variegated or fprinkled as 
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