On August 17, at 11:00 a. m., hatchlings no. 5 and no. 6 had lost their egg teeth. All others still had their egg teeth then, but by 10:00 p. m. that of no. 8 was missing, and that of no. 4 was loose and dropped out while the snake was being handled. On August 20 at 9:00 a. m., hatchling no. 7 had lost its egg tooth; nos. 2 and 3 retained theirs only in part, and no. 1 had its egg tooth intact. By noon on August 22 no trace of an egg tooth remained on any of the hatchlings. In the same group of hatchlings sign of impending molt was first noticed on the morning of August 17, when no. 6 was noted to have its eyes clouded and milky in appearance. By evening no. 1 had attained the same stage and no. 7 was beginning to show it. On the morning of August 20, shedding had begun in no. 6, while no. 2 and no. 8 had milky eyes. The eyes had cleared in no. 1 and no. 7, and were still clear in the remaining hatchlings. On August 22 shedding had been completed by no. 1 and no. 8, and all others were in the process of shedding. Another clutch of 14 eggs from a recently captured female was found freshly laid in a cage on July 6, 1962. Hatching of 13 occurred August 16 to 20, as shown in Table 11. Table 11. Times of Hatching in a Clutch of Racer Eggs From Harvey County Park ========+================================+============================= | Time at which shell | Time that hatchling Number | was slit by hatchling | emerged of Egg +---------+----------------------+---------+------------------- | Day | Hour | Day | Hour --------+---------+----------------------+---------+------------------- 1 | Aug. 17 | 10:50 a. m. | Aug. 18 | 3:00 to 6:00 p. m. 2 | Aug. 17 | 12:15 to 12:50 p. m. | Aug. 18 | 3:25 to 4:25 p. m. 3 | Aug. 17 | 1:40 p. m. | Aug. 17 | 10:45 p. m. 4 | Aug. 18 | 3:00 to 6:00 p. m. | Aug. 19 | before 7:00 a. m. 5 | Aug. 16 | 10:45 a. m. | Aug. 17 | 6:30 to 7:55 a. m. 6 | Aug. 17 | 9:00 a. m. | Aug. 18 | 6:30 to 7:30 a. m. 7 | Aug. 17 | 4:15 p. m. | Aug. 20 | 1:00 to 7:00 a. m. 8 | Aug. 17 | 3:40 p. m. | Aug. 18 | 5:00 to 6:00 p. m. 9 | Aug. 17 | 7:30 p. m. | Aug. 18 | 6:30 to 7:30 a. m. 10 | Aug. 16 | 10:48 a. m. | Aug. 17 | 11:05 a. m. 12 | ? | no record | Aug. 18 | 6:00 to 6:30 a. m. 13 | Aug. 17 | 8:00 to 8:20 a. m. | Aug. 17 | 5:30 to 5:50 p. m. --------+---------+----------------------+---------+------------------- Growth