the living world. 
a " d P arts °f. the Indian Ocean. In this wide dispersion we see a con¬ 
siderable variation in the coloring, while the structure in all remains substan- 
tially identi¬ 
cal. They 
produce their 
3’oung sowell 
developed as 
to need no 
care from the 
parent. 
The Eyed 
Sea Snake 
(Ocuius nat- 
rix ) is an¬ 
other habitant 
of the Archi¬ 
pelago, being 
most common 
in the bays 
of Southwest 
Australia. It 
is very beauti¬ 
fully marked 
with layers 
of dull yellow 
and green, 
spotted with black, somewhat in resemblance of the brook trout, from which color¬ 
ing the name is derived. Its length is not above four feet, and its bite harmless. 
The Coral 
Snake (Tor- 
trix scytale ) 
is found only 
in tropical 
America, 
where it is re¬ 
garded both 
favorably and 
with fear, ac¬ 
cording to lo¬ 
cality. But 
wherever 
found it is en¬ 
tirely harm¬ 
less, as is at¬ 
tested by the 
fact that it is 
yellow-bellied sea snake. often used by 
native women 
as a necklace, though, perhaps, in a spirit of bravado rather than of 
