The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11

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the United States is the harlequin tEtdp
ytirusl. This. snake has permanently erec
o ofPi sS d isnss; & ye men SIsb SSt nSs fatal FL S coSDr !
ing is exceedingly rich.and: beautiful, beinl
Sc. with seventeen broad black ,bands. Dor
from virginia TO Arkansas, while four othe'
species inhabit Florida and Texas, The
sSe einnsa t %qst q 1 their IL tI nSis r %SsE. ground and S SeeM
to have o fondness for sweet potato patches.
n blaeksnake tBascanion, !c9nstEietorl is o
tamaBle. and particularly bold during III,
breeding seeson-yery often, going out Of III
chase 70 an n'' iRtFu pGsssG for Gu fRa a W distances sSme"T IN
blacksnake is a powerful foe of the RATHER. who
being Of sluggish disposition, l. easily over.
a great climber. and preys upon birdsfn. t6eii
nests. seeming to prefer the cetbtrd and red;
them. Oi This P reptile Is an 'R inRsSito m s 81 The re- g,
gion east Of the. Rocky, Mountains, where It ia
q very familiar form. always in districts where
The ~c9achvhip tBascanion Negslyormisl IL
2 long, slender form of the Gulf States, which
t he 1 6sGn se 81 Scc TlSa of re- rseid m SSSSTs 6y
and by them has. been made the subject OF
many legends. which are still, believed by
the snake has the power Of, cutting It's antago-
INST In twain, and can lake its tall into Its
PPSS sSrses Is GnS q F ssor SlG Sarr tas f n9ons Ike tss n 3 aSSg;
Jay was attacked by one ofthese snakes, which
hIipb .Iusb auOse ho VI leo. vi
" quitting on both feet. This is, OF eourse. a
myth. The species, inhabits the Southern
states az iar west as the Mississippi, River.
Ihe Opht3otis hfdngulus, or milksnake. is
1ound from Canada to. Virginia. ltalso bears the
name OF thunder and lightning snake, chicken
snake. and house snake: the latter as it often
~IreQuents-. cellars and .outhouses, where IL
preys upon mice and other small vermin. 1t
Also reeds upon snakes and lizards. The milk.
snaHe is very graceful IN It's movement and
Ieacnes 2 length OF Tour teet. us disposition
N hSheeeSinRly pugnncious' which trait It ex-
nipits wne9 very young,
A more southern species, and nearly related
70 the Imilksnake. is Ophtbolus getutus. or
cna,nsnake. This, like most OF, the southern
bnakee. W a very Deautltul REPTILE, being OF an
intense black. ornamented by a series Of mar
TOW white rings arranged one after another in
Ine FORM Of q chain. whence It's name. The
sln8 OF snakes. from the fact that IL Is the
i1eaaly Zoe OF the rattlesnake. The ehainsnake
nve9 on lizards and small birds, as well as
weaker members OF its own species. The hog
nose OF plowing, adder Is q large, ~unsightly
snake. iound IN the eastern United states. but
y 10 Periecty harmless. spending most OF Its
SiHe pasklnR IN tne sun. Wnen one meets IL
II does not try to escape. but hattens out Its
nead end.b9dy and seems oil ready 70 strike.
40 no harm. being non-poisonous
IA Very aStlve put q VERY timid snake IS the
pine or Dull snake. deriving It's name from Its
wondertui believing note, much like that OF q
Dull, pEoduced, by nlling It's body with air,
when II noisily expels. This ranges east
q tne MlsslSslppl hlver ana south OF the ONO.
II burrows holes in the ground into which 1t
raploiy retreats Then approach ned and emtts a
fence, The OdOr l9 40 girkenlnR that nnn ~