CHAPTER XIV 



COUNTY AND LOCAL DISTRIBUTION 



ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE AREAS DEFINED IN THE 

 COUNTY AND VICE-COUNTY DIVISIONS OF THE 

 BRITISH ISLES (FOR BIOLOGICAL PURPOSES). 



So far as I am aware no systematic effort has hitherto 

 been made, or at any rate published, to show the 

 relative frequency and distribution of the indigenous 

 lizards of this country throughout all the counties. 

 It therefore follows that the first attempt at such 

 a description must be somewhat imperfect, and that 

 there must be a good many blanks. It is quite im- 

 possible for one observer to work the problem out, 

 and the method here adopted is similar to that in my 

 previous work on the snakes. I have endeavoured to 

 get information from most of the field clubs in the 

 country on the point, and these reports have been 

 condensed and tabulated according to the scheme 

 before referred to. In addition to this, I have 

 quoted the localities mentioned in the British Museum 

 Catalogue as affording specimens, and some other 



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