PREFACE 



Two years ago, in 1901, when I published my book 

 on British Serpents, a kindly critic was good enough to 

 say that the only fault he had to find with that book 

 was that it did not deal with the lizards as well. 

 I am only too conscious that there were many other 

 faults in that book, but I have in this present work 

 endeavoured to remove the one indicated. This book 

 is intended as a companion volume to the first ; the 

 two together completing the account of all the British 

 reptiles, snakes and lizards, from the point of view of 

 the field naturalist. 



The plan adopted here is much the same as that in 

 the former book. For the reports on the distribution 

 of lizards in special districts that are given I am in- 

 debted to those workers whose names are given under 

 each district. 



In writing this book I have tried to keep in mind 

 that the field naturalist should, in his study of a 

 special group of animals, become well acquainted with 

 their relationships to the animals most nearly con- 



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