Class III 



SNAKE, 



We have fome of thefe beads in our cabinet: 

 they are made of glafs, and of a very rich blue co- 

 lor -, fome are plain, others ftreaked : we fay no- 

 thing of the figure, as the annexed plate will con- 

 vey a ftronger idea of it than words. 



33 



EwSjj/j. Arijl. Hijl. an. I. 



c. I. 

 Natrix torquata, Gefner Ser- 



peni. 63. 

 Natrix torquata. Rati Jyn. 



quad, 334. 

 Anguis vulgaris fufcus collo 



flaveicente, ventre albis ma- 



culis diftin&us. Pet. Muf. 13. Rince&> 



XVII. No. 101. 

 Coluber natrix. Lin.fyft. 380* 

 Tomt-Orm, Snok, Ring-Orm. 



Faun. Suec. No. 288. 

 C. natrix fcutis abdom. 170. 



Squamis caudas, 60. Ibid, 



THE fnake is the largeft of the Englijh fef- 

 pents, fometimes exceeding four feet in 

 length : the neck is flender -, the middle of the 

 Vol. III. D bodv 



