Note 130 — Chapter XXIV

Since this was written, Dr. Stradling informed me that a very tame ring snake in his Reptilium laid some eggs and coiled herself upon them zealously for some days. A remarkable proof of her care for them was seen in her trying to bite when disturbed. He had never before known Coluber natrix to display this anger. In the Zoologist of September 1882, the Doctor contributed a long and important account of this incubation with its attendant features.