. History of Vermont, natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts, with a new map of the state, and 200 engravings . ; but know-ing it, from my own observations, to dif-fer very considerably from the commonC sirtalis, both in appearance and hab-its, and rinding it to agree as nearly withthe descriptions which I find of the , I have ventured to describe itunder that name, that the differences be-tween it and the sirtalis may he differing in form and color, andin the much greater number of subcaudalscales, it is far more lively and quickerin all its motions, and so far
. History of Vermont, natural, civil, and statistical, in three parts, with a new map of the state, and 200 engravings . ; but know-ing it, from my own observations, to dif-fer very considerably from the commonC sirtalis, both in appearance and hab-its, and rinding it to agree as nearly withthe descriptions which I find of the , I have ventured to describe itunder that name, that the differences be-tween it and the sirtalis may he differing in form and color, andin the much greater number of subcaudalscales, it is far more lively and quickerin all its motions, and so far as my ownobservation extends is always found inlow grounds, ami at no great distancefrom water. Among hundreds of the which 1 have seen upon the highlands and mountains in this state, 1 havenever met with an individual answeringto the description here given. * Shawcalls the color of the stripes of both thesespecies bluish-green, from which it isprobable that his descriptions were madefrom specimens preserved in spirits, sincethe yellow stripes in these serpents, un-der such circumstances,assume that —~C THE BROWN SNAKE. Coluber ordinaltts.—LiNNJEUS. Description.—Brownish ash or clay color above, lighter beneath ; a light stripe along the back from the head to the tail, on each 6ide of which is a row of black spots, and two rows of similar spots, butmuch smaller, along the extremities ofthe abdominal plates on each side, thespots becoming obsolete towards the tail;scales carinated, small on the back but in-creasing in size towards the belly ; headsmall, covered with ten plates of an olivebrown color, the two posterior, and themiddle one between the eyes, upper jaw is margined by M scales,and the lower by 12, besides the tip ; anoblique black hand crosses the angle ofthe mouth, and another a little back of iton the upper part of the neck ; teeth inboth jaws, and two rows of hooking teethin the palate; eyes small ; iris bright ha-zel. Length id t
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