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sive copses, the remains of the once large Forest of 
Bere. Both of these places are, of course, very well 
adapted for the shelter of adders. 
“The ring snake crows usually to a length of 3 feet. 
One female taken at Hilsea in 1885 measured 42 inches 
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and contained 22 eges 
“The smooth snake does not occur in the area to 
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which these notes apply.”—Charles Foran, Norman- 
ton, Southsea. 
Hayiine Isnanp.— ‘“ Adders are common here, 
but the erass snake I have never seen during a 
residence of thirteen years, and [T cannot learn from 
labourers and keepers that it has ever been seen by 
them. The adders are certainly larger than those [ 
have seen in Wilts..—A. May, L2C.P., Chandos, 
Hayling Island, Hants. 
Portsmourn Disrrict.—‘In the Portsmouth dis- 
trict I have come to the conelusion that I have met 
with as many adders as ring snakes, though formerly 
IT thought the latter species the more common. I 
think both are fairly equally distributed throughout 
the district. The largest adder I have measured was 
21 inches, killed at Stokes Bay in April 1885, In 
that same year I obtained a female ring snake from 
a man who had killed it on the Hilsea Lines (Earth- 
works), Portsea Island, which measured 42 inches 
and contained 22 eges. I saw another quite as large 
