THE ADDEK. 



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the usual zigzag dorsal pattern is entirely absent, 

 and has been replaced by the even ribbon-like black 

 band depicted in the woodcut, which has been drawn 

 from a photograph of the specimen." 1 



Fig. 15. — Banded Marking on Adder. 



o. Shape, &c. — In general appearance the adder is 

 more thick-set than the riim snake, and gives thii 

 impression of sturdiness rather than that of 

 sinuosity conveyed by the harmless snake. Some 

 specimens have a very flattened look about them, 

 especially if the skin of the neck and over the gullet 

 is very loose, as it frequently is. If an adder is com- 



1 Fauna of Lakeland, p. lxxviii. Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.A. 

 The woodcut referred to in the above paragraph is here reproduced 

 by the very kind permission of the author and Mr David Douglas, 

 the publisher of the work quoted. 



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