. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. Ground snake, 12 laches. vermis). inches ; black above, neath; colors about head very small, not wider thirteen dorsal rows. Mis- sas, and southern Illi- (Gm-phopMqps Length, twelve lustrous purple flesh color be- half and half; than the neck; souri, Kan nois only. The chain snake {Ophiholus getulus getulus). Length, forty-eight inches; handsome and inoffen- sive ; black, crossed by narrow, continuous yellow- .J^S^SB^^^^I^ white rings which bifurcate on Su^m^ ^Bl the flanks ; on the back are large black h


. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. Ground snake, 12 laches. vermis). inches ; black above, neath; colors about head very small, not wider thirteen dorsal rows. Mis- sas, and southern Illi- (Gm-phopMqps Length, twelve lustrous purple flesh color be- half and half; than the neck; souri, Kan nois only. The chain snake {Ophiholus getulus getulus). Length, forty-eight inches; handsome and inoffen- sive ; black, crossed by narrow, continuous yellow- .J^S^SB^^^^I^ white rings which bifurcate on Su^m^ ^Bl the flanks ; on the back are large black hexa- gons ; blotched with black beneath; head scarcely wider than the neck. Cope says that certain tamed chain snakes be- longing once to his little daughter drank milk from a saucer. The chain snake is a great enemy to other. Chain snake, 48 inches. * Carphophis amcenus, var. vermis. Samuel 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Underwood, William Lyman, 1864-1929, phot. New York, D. Appleton and Company


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