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... specimens regarding the Plague of Snakes at Llanelly . I am also indebted to G. A. Boulenger , F.R.S. , F.Z.S. , for the measurements of adders in the British Museum , and other kind assistance . The fatal case of adder- bite I have ...
... specimens regarding the Plague of Snakes at Llanelly . I am also indebted to G. A. Boulenger , F.R.S. , F.Z.S. , for the measurements of adders in the British Museum , and other kind assistance . The fatal case of adder- bite I have ...
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... SPECIMENS XVIII . VARIOUS INCIDENTS RECORDED OF BRITISH 217 SERPENTS 220 PART II . COUNTY AND VICE - COUNTY DIVISIONS OF THE BRITISH ISLES ( FOR BIOLOGICAL PURPOSES ) XIX . COUNTY AND DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION XX . PENINSULA PROVINCE XXI ...
... SPECIMENS XVIII . VARIOUS INCIDENTS RECORDED OF BRITISH 217 SERPENTS 220 PART II . COUNTY AND VICE - COUNTY DIVISIONS OF THE BRITISH ISLES ( FOR BIOLOGICAL PURPOSES ) XIX . COUNTY AND DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION XX . PENINSULA PROVINCE XXI ...
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... specimen has supplied my illus- tration of this species , and was caught by one of the keepers at Kentchurch Court on September 26 , 1898 . I happened to drive up just as he caught it , and the keeper told me that he saw the snake ...
... specimen has supplied my illus- tration of this species , and was caught by one of the keepers at Kentchurch Court on September 26 , 1898 . I happened to drive up just as he caught it , and the keeper told me that he saw the snake ...
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... specimen , and I have it now in my collection , sole representative of its species as far as this valley is concerned . No doubt it had been brought to the Court in a load of something , as I am quite satisfied that these ring snakes do ...
... specimen , and I have it now in my collection , sole representative of its species as far as this valley is concerned . No doubt it had been brought to the Court in a load of something , as I am quite satisfied that these ring snakes do ...
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... specimen about two months old it is noticeable that the two largest head - plates ( the posterior ones , that is ) ... specimens of 5 feet are taken . I once got one of 40 inches in North Monmouthshire , near Abergavenny , the largest I ...
... specimen about two months old it is noticeable that the two largest head - plates ( the posterior ones , that is ) ... specimens of 5 feet are taken . I once got one of 40 inches in North Monmouthshire , near Abergavenny , the largest I ...
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