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THE POISONOUS SNAKES OF INDIA. 



inhabitant of the plains, but is common in some localities from 

 2,000 to 4,000 feet and has been met with at altitudes up to 6,000 



S'ld 



Fig. .39. — Vipera russelli (nat. size). 

 and 7,000 feet.* In most parts it is quite a common snake, but 

 is especially so in certain localities. Fayrerf says it is very com- 

 mon in the Punjab and that at Umritsar in 1866 as many as 471 

 specimens were brought in for Government rewards in one day ! 



* Kashmir 6,000 ft. (Stoliczka). Nilgiris 6,000 ft. ( Henderson, private letter ). 

 Pulneys 6,300 ft. CEevd. Father Gombert, private letter). Pulneys 7,000 ft. 

 (Henderson, private letter^ Hakgalla, Ceylon, 5,700 ft. (I have received specimens 

 from Mr. Nock). 



t " Thanatophidia, " p. 55. 



