HISTORY 



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BRITISH REPTILES. 



BY 



THOMAS BELL, F.R.S. F.L.S. V.P.Z.S. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE PHILOMATHIC AND NATURAL HISTORY 



SOCIETIES OF PARIS, AND OF TKE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 



PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. 



ILLUSTRATED BY MORE THAN FORTY WOODCUTS. 



LONDON : 



JOHN VAN VOORST, 1, PATERNOSTER ROW, 



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