SCOTLAND. 361 
Ayrshire and Arran. 
“T have never heard of a ring snake in this district. 
T onee killed an adder on Auchentibber Moss, near 
here, but have not heard of any in recent years. I 
also killed one in Glen Sannox in Arran, where adders 
are still common. I did not measure either of these, 
but they were not large. In a farmhouse where I 
stayed on the west side of Arran I was told that the 
woman there had been bitten on the leg by an adder, 
and that the mb became ‘swollen and black. Her 
husband also told me that one day when he was 
taking down a rick of hay he found it ‘ full of adders’ 
(they call them ‘serpents’ there), The farmer added 
that his method of killing them was to put the heel 
of his boot on the reptile’s head, when ‘they aye twist 
their tail roon ma leg.”—J. Smith, Monkredding, 
Kilwinning, Ayrshire. 
Stirling. 
“The adder is fairly common in this county, and 
averages 20 inches in length. I have not heard of 
the ring snake being found, nor do I know of the 
smooth snake being recorded.’—David 1. Morris, 
Stirling, N.B. 
Perthshire. 
“The adder is common in this district: I have seen 
as many as five in a single day’s excursion. This was 
