Class III. SNAKE. 



We have fome of thefe beads in our cabinet t 

 they are made of glafs, and of a very rich blue co- 

 lor ; fome are plain, others ftreaked : we fay no- 

 thino- of the figure, as the annexed plate will con- 

 vey a ftronger idea of it than words. 



33 



Evy^f/^- Arift, Hiji, an, I. 

 c, I. 



Natrix torquata, Gefner Ser- 

 pent, 63. 



Natrix torquata. Ran Jyn, 

 quad, 334. 



Anguis vulgaris fufcus collo 

 flavefcentCj ventre aibis ma- 



culis dillindus. Pet, Muf, 13. Ringed* 



XVII. No. loi. 

 Coluber natrix. Lin.fyji. 380. 

 Tomt-Orm, Snok, Ring-Orm. 



Faun. Suec. No. 288 

 C. natrix fcutis abdom. 170, 



Squamis caudse, 60. Ibid, 



THE fnake is the targeft of the Englijh fer- 

 pents, fometimes exceeding four feet in 

 length : the neck is (lender ; the middle of the 

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