. Bulletin. Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 12 ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY. Th think we are still capable of appreciating beauty of form and movement. Certainly we would have enjoyed basking in the glory of "the greatest flocks of birds in the world" in this day of superlatives. L'ut these pleasures can never be ours with this handsome bird completely engulfed in the limbo of lost things. NOTES ON ONTARIO SNAKES Fourteen species of snakes are known to occur in Ontario at the present time, and of these only one, a small species of rattle-snake known as the Massa
. Bulletin. Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 12 ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY. Th think we are still capable of appreciating beauty of form and movement. Certainly we would have enjoyed basking in the glory of "the greatest flocks of birds in the world" in this day of superlatives. L'ut these pleasures can never be ours with this handsome bird completely engulfed in the limbo of lost things. NOTES ON ONTARIO SNAKES Fourteen species of snakes are known to occur in Ontario at the present time, and of these only one, a small species of rattle-snake known as the Massasauga is poisonous. All the other species are harmless, while many of them are use- ful since they destroy mice and injurious insects. Even the Massasauga (fig. 1), though venomous, is a quiet, good-tempered species which much prefers to glide away than to quarrel and there are very few records of injury to man by this snake even where it is common. It is still found in Bruce peninsula, on the eastern shore of Georgian bay, and in a few- other localities farther south. It frequents more or less swampy situations and feeds upon mice and frogs and occasionally on birds. It should not be handled carelessly because its bite may easily prove fatal. The timber or banded rattlesnake, a larger species which for- merly occurred in Ontario is probably now extinct in Canada. There are no Copperheads or Moccasins in Ontario. The common water snake (Fig. 4) seems to be often confused with the water moccasin (Fig. 2) and called by that name, and is very generally but er- roneously dreaded as being venomous. It is in reality perfectly harmless. The name "copper- head" seems to be indiscriminately applied to various harmless. 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 Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology; Royal On
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