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The Black Viper, of which I give a figure, drawn from 

 a very fine living specimen, now before me, obtained, and 

 obligingly lent me, by Mr. Combe, is the var. S of Mr. 



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Jenyns. It has been figured, though but badly, and 

 described by Dr. Leach, in his Zoological Miscellany. It 

 is evidently a variety only of the present species, and is of 

 a fine rich black colour, excepting under the jaw and 

 throat, which is of a dirty white ; the usual markings of 

 the species may be seen, in particular lights, of a more 

 intense black than the ground colour. 



