384 



SERPENTS. 



might be mentioned whose names are familiarized to us by the 

 accounts of travellers. 



FIG. 315. COBRA KAJA, 



The Viper (Viperus Items] inhabits the mountainous, stony, and 

 woody districts of our own island. It feeds on mice, moles, young 



FIG. 316. VIPEK. 



