. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. 366 ZOOLOGY ous, their bite is not dangerous, l)ut they attack large birds and even niechum-sized mammals, and crush them to death in the folds of their l)ody. Tlie family Elapidae includes the large, venomous serpents of the East, the cobra of the East Indies, and the asp of the. Fig. 345. — Elnps coroUina, a harlequin snako of South America allied to the l)ead-snake of the South. From "Standard Natural History," after Brehm. Egyptians. The l)ite of these serpents is quickly fatal to man. To this
. Elements of zoology, to accompany the field and laboratory study of animals. Zoology. 366 ZOOLOGY ous, their bite is not dangerous, l)ut they attack large birds and even niechum-sized mammals, and crush them to death in the folds of their l)ody. Tlie family Elapidae includes the large, venomous serpents of the East, the cobra of the East Indies, and the asp of the. Fig. 345. — Elnps coroUina, a harlequin snako of South America allied to the l)ead-snake of the South. From "Standard Natural History," after Brehm. Egyptians. The l)ite of these serpents is quickly fatal to man. To this family belongs also the bead-snake of our Southern States, which is, however, harmless (Fig. 345). The Crotalidae ' include the rattlesnakes, characteristic of America.^ Of this family the most dangerous is the water moccasin, or l)lack moccasin, which inhabits the Southern 1/iTO/a^on, clapper. 2 pigg. 346 317,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944; Davenport, Gertrude Anna Crotty, 1866- joint author. New York, Macmillan
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