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BRITISH SERPENTS. 



In the case of English counties which are not men- 

 tioned in the foregoing table, a reference to the local 

 distribution will show that the Ophidia are so few in 

 these counties that it is impossible to get reliable 

 figures. In the remaining parts of Scotland the aver- 

 age is much the same as that stated in the districts 

 mentioned. 



