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... MONNOW VALLEY ' FELL . SOC . SCIENCE , LETTERS , AND ART , LONDON WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MCMI All Rights reserved i- QL 666 .06 . L53 Nat . Suence Library.
... MONNOW VALLEY ' FELL . SOC . SCIENCE , LETTERS , AND ART , LONDON WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MCMI All Rights reserved i- QL 666 .06 . L53 Nat . Suence Library.
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... FOR PROTECTION XIII . THE ADDER - continued . THE REPRODUCTION OF . 143 SWALLOWING THE YOUNG 164 SPONDENTS ON THE STATEMENTS BY CORRE- SWALLOWING OF THE YOUNG BY THE MOTHER 176 XIV . THE OPHIDIA IN THE MONNOW VALLEY 194 XV.
... FOR PROTECTION XIII . THE ADDER - continued . THE REPRODUCTION OF . 143 SWALLOWING THE YOUNG 164 SPONDENTS ON THE STATEMENTS BY CORRE- SWALLOWING OF THE YOUNG BY THE MOTHER 176 XIV . THE OPHIDIA IN THE MONNOW VALLEY 194 XV.
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Gerald Rowley Leighton. XIV . THE OPHIDIA IN THE MONNOW VALLEY 194 XV . THE SMALL RED VIPER 206 XVI . CANKER IN SNAKES KEPT IN CAPTIVITY . 214 XVII . EXAMINATION AND RECORDING OF SPECIMENS XVIII . VARIOUS INCIDENTS RECORDED OF BRITISH ...
Gerald Rowley Leighton. XIV . THE OPHIDIA IN THE MONNOW VALLEY 194 XV . THE SMALL RED VIPER 206 XVI . CANKER IN SNAKES KEPT IN CAPTIVITY . 214 XVII . EXAMINATION AND RECORDING OF SPECIMENS XVIII . VARIOUS INCIDENTS RECORDED OF BRITISH ...
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... MONNOW VALLEY ADDERS 42. SMALL RED VIPER . 154 155 156 157 159 161 199 211 43. " BRUSHER MILLS , " THE FAMOUS SNAKE - CATCHER 223 44. RING SNAKE IN A STONE . 229 45. FEMALE ( 23 INCHES ) AND MALE ( 24 INCHES ) ADDERS , MONMOUTHSHIRE 245 ...
... MONNOW VALLEY ADDERS 42. SMALL RED VIPER . 154 155 156 157 159 161 199 211 43. " BRUSHER MILLS , " THE FAMOUS SNAKE - CATCHER 223 44. RING SNAKE IN A STONE . 229 45. FEMALE ( 23 INCHES ) AND MALE ( 24 INCHES ) ADDERS , MONMOUTHSHIRE 245 ...
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... valley of the Monnow , on the South Herefordshire border . For a distance of eight miles in this valley I have seen only one ring snake in five years , during all of which time I have been snake - hunting there in the summer FIG . 2 ...
... valley of the Monnow , on the South Herefordshire border . For a distance of eight miles in this valley I have seen only one ring snake in five years , during all of which time I have been snake - hunting there in the summer FIG . 2 ...
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