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was captured in a house in Sunderland, having 
taken up its residence in a hole in the wall. It is 
not uncommon in various parts of Berwickshire and 
Roxburehshire, especially on the sylvan bank of the 
Teviot and the beautiful Jed and other tributaries 
of the Tweed. 
“The adder is common in many parts of Northum- 
berland and Durham, and the writer has met with 
it on different parts of Middleton and Belford estates, 
as well as at Bewick, Hedgely, and Wooler. When 
a lad I first became acquainted with this animal ‘in 
the flesh’ in the summer of 1849 on Belford Moor, 
where it was then very plentiful, and where several 
examples, including a female aud nine young ones, 
were killed during the course of the summer. None 
of these much exceeded 2 feet in Jength, but one 
killed by myself in the coal wood, Belford, on Easter 
Monday, 1850, measured over 23 feet, and was the 
largest specimen I ever saw.” —“J. A.,” in the ‘New- 
castle Weekly Chronicle, 1881. 
Durham. 
“The adder is the most common serpent in this 
county. The species is common over the whole of 
the Derwent valley, from Gibside to Blanchland, 
the greater part of which district I have explored, 
and where I have seen many fine specimens. About 
five years ago I captured one on May 20, measuring 
not less than two feet. This was very early in the 
