282 BRITISH SERPENTS. 



Buckinghamshire. 



" The ring snake is the most common, but does not 

 appear to grow to the size generally given in books. 



" The adder is rare in this county, at anyrate in 

 South Bucks. 



" Except at Burnham Beeches, 1 know of no neigh- 

 bourhood where snakes can be found with certainty — 

 a comparative rarity somewhat difficult to explain. 

 I have never seen an adder in South Bucks, and have 

 rarely heard of this species being captured." — M. D. 

 Hill, Eton College, Windsor. 



