THE ADDER. 159 



hard to iind. However, I was fortunate enough to 

 capture on ^September 4, 1900, on the Graig Hill 

 (North Monmouthshire), a female very big with young, 

 and wliich proved a unique specimen as far as my 



Fig. 39. — Embryo Adders. 

 (From the specimen in the EUesniere Museum, kindly lent to the Author.) 



collection is concerned. She was 25^ inches long, and 

 so heavy with young that she moved with difficulty, 

 and was secured with the greatest ease. Her appear- 

 ance in her museum jar is seen in the full -page 

 illustration, p. 157. The young adders could be felt 



