YIPERAD^E. 



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. of Mr. 



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. 



