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:m<l lias boon mot with at altitudes up to 0,000 and 7,000 feel.* In inosi 



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Fig. 88. — Vipera russelli (nat. size). 

 parts it is quite a common snake, but is especially so in certain 

 localities. Fayrerf says it is very common in the Punjab, and tbat 

 lit Umritsar in 1866 as many as 471 specimens were brought in for 

 Government rewards in one day ! Mr. Millard tells me it is common 



Kashmir 6,000 ft. (Stoliczka). Kilgiris 0,000 ft. (Henden-ou, private letter). Pulneys 

 G,300 ft. (Kevd. Father Oombert, private letter). Fulneys 7,000 ft. (Henderson, private 

 letter). Hakgalla, Ceylou, o.TOO ft. (I have received specimens from Mr. Nocu). 

 f Than tophidia. p. -35. 



