﻿Class 
  3. 
  REPTILIA. 
  

  

  Much 
  requires 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  amongst 
  Reptilia 
  and 
  Amphibia, 
  especially 
  

   in 
  the 
  districts 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Glen, 
  and 
  generally 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   areas 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  indicated 
  as 
  still 
  deserving 
  of 
  greater 
  attention 
  in 
  

   the 
  future. 
  South 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Glen 
  considerable 
  trouble 
  has 
  been 
  taken, 
  

   both 
  as 
  regards 
  these 
  and 
  the 
  micro-mammalia, 
  specimens 
  having 
  been 
  

   sent 
  from 
  many 
  separate 
  localities 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Eagle-Clarke 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   few 
  years, 
  but 
  here 
  also 
  — 
  i.e. 
  in 
  this 
  southern 
  division 
  of 
  Moray 
  — 
  there 
  

   still 
  are 
  many 
  blanks 
  in 
  distribution 
  to 
  be 
  filled 
  up. 
  Mr. 
  Eagle-Clarke, 
  

   who 
  has 
  revised 
  this 
  portion, 
  will 
  still 
  be 
  happy 
  to 
  receive 
  and 
  identify 
  

   specimens 
  from 
  any 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  of 
  Scotland. 
  

  

  Sub-class 
  SQUAMATA. 
  

   Order 
  OPHIDIA. 
  

   Family 
  VIPERIDiE. 
  

   Vipera 
  berus, 
  Z. 
  Viper 
  or 
  Adder. 
  

  

  Although 
  so 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  Sutherlandshire 
  portion 
  of 
  our 
  area, 
  

   the 
  Adder 
  becomes 
  scarcer 
  as 
  we 
  advance 
  towards 
  the 
  south 
  ; 
  

   indeed, 
  we 
  personally 
  do 
  not 
  remember 
  ever 
  having 
  seen 
  one 
  

   between 
  the 
  Dornoch 
  Firth 
  and 
  the 
  Ness. 
  

  

  St. 
  John 
  describes 
  it 
  as 
  numerous 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  drier 
  bunks 
  

   and 
  hills 
  of 
  Morayshire. 
  From 
  Edward's 
  account, 
  the 
  Adder 
  is 
  

   extremely 
  rare 
  in 
  Banffshire, 
  he 
  himself 
  not 
  having 
  met 
  with 
  more 
  

   than 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  specimens 
  in 
  all 
  his 
  long 
  experience. 
  

  

  Phillips, 
  however, 
  designates 
  it 
  the 
  commonest 
  reptile 
  in 
  the 
  

   north 
  of 
  Scotland. 
  In 
  Aberdeen, 
  Banff, 
  Moray, 
  and 
  Inverness, 
  

   it 
  is 
  distributed 
  over 
  the 
  hilly 
  districts, 
  and 
  thence 
  down 
  to 
  

   the 
  close 
  proximity 
  of 
  the 
  sea-shore. 
  Heldon 
  Hill, 
  near 
  Elgin, 
  

   is 
  one 
  locality. 
  Those 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  ground, 
  or 
  'Laigh,' 
  Phillip 
  

  

  