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CHAPTER XXX. 



XI. TYNE PROVINCE. 



66. Durham. 67. Northumberland, South. 



68. Cheviotland, or Northumberland, North. 



Northumberland and Durham. 



"The adder is the most common snake here, and 

 when full grown averages over 2 feet in length. 



"Examples of the red viper and the black viper 

 occur rarely. 



" I do not know of the occurrence of the ring snake 

 in Northumberland, but I have seen a preserved 

 specimen found near Sunderland, in the county of 

 Durham. It was found in such an unlikely locality 

 that I have thought it must have been introduced, 

 and I do not look on this specimen as proving the 

 species to be indigenous in Durham. Although it 

 has been recorded in the 'Yorkshire Naturalist' as 

 occurring in South Durham, I feel very doubtful 

 about it. If it occurs at all, the most likely place 



