. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. PEAIKIE RATTLESNAKE. has a black-velvet appearance. The length of a large specimen is 4j feet. This Rattlesnake has suffered more from civ- ilization than any other species. Throughout many vast areas of rich and closely cultivated agricultural regions, it is now totally extinct. Although it is believed to exist within fifty miles of New York City, a living specimen would be about as difficult to find as a mastodon. Originally the home of this species embraced the entire te
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. PEAIKIE RATTLESNAKE. has a black-velvet appearance. The length of a large specimen is 4j feet. This Rattlesnake has suffered more from civ- ilization than any other species. Throughout many vast areas of rich and closely cultivated agricultural regions, it is now totally extinct. Although it is believed to exist within fifty miles of New York City, a living specimen would be about as difficult to find as a mastodon. Originally the home of this species embraced the entire territory from the Atlantic coast to western Iowa, Kansas, and into Texas. In many portions of this region it still exists in small numbers, and is said to be " fairly common in the Allegheny Mountains," from Pennsylvania southward. The Horned Rattlesnake, or Side-Wln- der,' of the far Southwest is a creature of the deserts, and the oddest member of this group. It has a small horn over each eye, and in crawling it moves sidewise, in very deep curves, totally different from the straightforward course of most rattlesnakes when on the war-path. This is the smallest of our rattlers. Its general color is yellowish-gray, marked by small round spots, and its home is in southern Arizona, California, Nevada, and probably Sonora, Mexico. The Massasauga^ is the type of a genus of rattlesnakes containing only three species, dis- tinguished by various anatomical characters, but from neck to tail well marked, for the general student, by a succession of very dark brown sad- dle-bag patches of color laid upon Ughter brown. ' Cro'ta-lus ce-ras'tes. 'â ' Sis-lru'rus cat-e-na'tus. The joints of the rattles never exceed ten in num- ber. This species is found at long intervals from the swamps of western New York to Nebraska, but it is so rare that living specimens are difficult to obtain. The Copperhead' is a rather short and small serpent, seldom exceechng three feet in length. Its colors
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