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THE THREE BRITISH SPECIES ; F . Frontispiece 
HEADS OF THE THREE BRITISH SERPE : 4 
TROPIDONOTUS NATRIX, OR RING SNAKE (244 INCHES) 12 
RING SNAKE (3} FEET, CORNWALL) is 
RING SNAKE WITH BLUNT TAIL alr 
HEAD PLATES OF RING SNAKE 24 
PLAN OF LOCALITY, PLAGUE OF SNAKES . 32 
YOUNG RING SNAKE FOUND IN DEBRIS OF WALL fi 35 
EGGS FOUND IN OLD WALL 36 
CORONELLA AUSTRIACA, Ol SMOOTH SNAKE 45 
HEAD PLATES OF SMOOTH SNAKE 47 
SMOOTH SNAKE 58 
EYE-COVERING OF ADDER. 68 
SLOUGH OF AN ADDER 71 
V-MARKS OF ADDERS 79 
SIDE-MARKINGS OF ADDER 80 
BANDED MARKING ON ADDER 81 
SLOW-WORMS - ‘ ; - 84 
MALE ADDER (24 INCHES) CAUGHT AY SKENTRITH, 
JUNE 1898 . ‘ ‘ ‘ , 85 
MALE ADDER (25} INCHES) SWALLOWING A SLOW-WORM 89 
THE PROCESS OF SWALLOWING LARGE ARTICLES OF DIET 
IN ADDERS ‘ ; fi % R 91 
