Class IIL BLIND-WORM. 55 



The fnake is oviparous : it lays its eggs in Eggs. 

 dung hills, and in hot-beds, whofe heat, aided by 

 that of the fun, promotes the exclufion of the 

 young. 



During winter it lies torpid in banks of hedges, 

 and under old trees. 



Anguis Eryx. Lin. fyji. 392. 14. Aber 



A new Snake. Tour in Scotl. iy6g. App. deen. 



LENGTH fifteen inches. Tongue broad and 

 forked. Noftrils fniall, round, and placed 

 near the tip of the nofe. Eyes lodged in oblong 

 fiflures above the angle of the mouth. Belly of 

 a bluilh lead color, marked with fmali white fpots 

 irregularly difpofed. The reft of the body of a 

 greyilh brown, with three longitudinal duiky lines, 

 one extending from the head along the back to 

 the point of the tail; the others broader, and 

 extending the whole length of the fides. It had 

 no fcuta ; but was entirely covered v/ith fmaii 

 fcales ; largeft on the upper part of the head. 



Inhabits Aherdeenfiire. Communicated to me by 

 the late Dodtor David Skene, 



T)z Thi 



